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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the Military of Defense standard for the maximum dose of radiation workers could receive safely?
(a) 45 rem.
(b) 30 rem.
(c) 50 rem.
(d) 25 rem.

2. What building in Washington, D.C. is so radioactive that the bulding would fail federal safety codes regulating nuclear power plants?
(a) U.S. Capitol.
(b) Library of Congress.
(c) Supreme Court.
(d) National Archives.

3. How old was Alexander Logachev in 1986?
(a) 34.
(b) 31.
(c) 26.
(d) 29.

4. How long after the explosion at Chernobyl did the secure high-frequency lines ring at the Union-level ministries in Moscow?
(a) 45 minutes.
(b) 60 minutes.
(c) About 20 minutes.
(d) Less than 30 minutes.

5. How many heat-resistant zirconium-alloy pressure tubes were in the channels of the RBMK?
(a) 1,800.
(b) 750.
(c) 900.
(d) 1,600.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did construction begin on the first RBMK reactor in the Soviet Union?

2. When was the reactor design called the RBMK-1000 complete?

3. Where was the location of the fallout from a clandestine radioactive accident that Logachev traveled to?

4. When did Soviet scientists complete the first reactor to generate commercial electricity?

5. In Chapter 13, where did a handful of staff from the Pripyat ispolkom set up an office?

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