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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where were the dimension of the core of the RBMK?
(a) 10 meters across and 9 meters high.
(b) 15 meters across and 9 meters high.
(c) 12 meters across and 7 meters high.
(d) 20 meters across and 17 meters high.

2. On June 5, how long did Gorbachev give Slavsky and his men to complete the sarcophagus around Unit Four?
(a) Until November.
(b) 2 years.
(c) Until September.
(d) 3 years.

3. At the end of the Prologue, what was the reading of roentgen an hour on the radiometer?
(a) 112.
(b) 215,
(c) 1,090.
(d) 2,080.

4. At the end of Chapter 12, what size chamber did theoreticians propose building under Unit Four designed to house a massive, purpose-built water-cooled heat exchanger?
(a) 6 meters high and 40 meters square.
(b) 5 meters high and 30 meters square.
(c) 4 meters high and 25 meters square.
(d) 8 meters high and 60 meters square.

5. On Saturday, what time did Essaulov notice ambulances coming from the nuclear plant?
(a) 4 a.m.
(b) Near dawn.
(c) 3:30 a.m.
(d) 5 a.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many heat-resistant zirconium-alloy pressure tubes were in the channels of the RBMK?

2. After an explosion at Chelyabinsk-40 in 1957, how many villages were wiped from the map?

3. How old was one of Dyatlov's sons when he died from leukemia?

4. When was the first major accident involving an RBMK reactor?

5. By Tuesday, April 29, what did the temperature from the reactor drop to?

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