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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years after it was planned for the Chernobyl nuclear power plant to finally go critical did it go online?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 18 months.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 20 months.

2. How many stories tall was the Chernobyl nuclear power plant?
(a) 4.
(b) 20.
(c) 11.
(d) 18.

3. How much energy were the high-power channel-type reactors theoretically capable of generating?
(a) 2,500 megawatts.
(b) 1,000 megawatts.
(c) 2,000 megawatts.
(d) 1,500 megawatts.

4. At what time did a purple cone of iridescent flame leap 150 meters into the air around Chernobyl's ventilation stack?
(a) Around 1:24 a.m.
(b) 1:28 a.m.
(c) 1:31 a.m.
(d) Just after 1:25 a.m.

5. How long after the explosion was Viktor Brukhanov called about the incident?
(a) 3 minutes.
(b) 1 1/2 minutes.
(c) 2 minutes.
(d) 2 1/2 minutes.

6. By the time a scientist from the Kurchatov Insitute warned that the design for the RBMK was too dangerous to be put into civilian operation, how many RBKTs had the government already decreed be built?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

7. How many years did Georgi Kopchinsky serve as deptuy chief engineer in Chernobyl?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

8. Where was the location of the fallout from a clandestine radioactive accident that Logachev traveled to?
(a) East Urals Trace.
(b) Khabarovsk-47.
(c) Semipalatinsk.
(d) Novaya Zemlya.

9. When did the Soviet Council of MInisters issue a decree approving the construction of the RBMKs?
(a) October 2, 1986.
(b) August 9, 1966.
(c) September 29, 1966.
(d) July 17, 1966.

10. In 1986, how many vehicles did Logachev lead to an emergency at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant?
(a) More than 30.
(b) About 15.
(c) 36.
(d) 28.

11. When did the first planes from Moscow arrive in Kiev after the Chernobyl accident?
(a) 11 a.m.
(b) 1 p.m.
(c) 2 p.m.
(d) 10:30 a.m.

12. How long did it take Sklyarov to work his way up from a junior technician at a coal-fired power plant to station director?
(a) 14 years.
(b) 18 years.
(c) 11 years.
(d) 16 years.

13. In 1970, how many Soviet citizens had Communist Party membership?
(a) 4 in 50.
(b) About 2 in 20.
(c) 3 in 25.
(d) Less than 1 in 15.

14. How many roentgen per hour did the radiation dosimeter indicate as Logachev and his men passed the concrete signpost marking the perimeter of the power station grounds?
(a) 15.
(b) 51.
(c) 32.
(d) 29.

15. In 1983, how many known nuclear accidents had there been and where was the accident?
(a) 1 in the U.S.
(b) 1 in Britain.
(c) 5 in the USSR.
(d) 2 in the USSR.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long after the catastrophe began was an evacuation order issued for Pripyat?

2. In 1953, how far did a hydrogen bomb tested by the USSR turn the surface of the earth to glass around ground zero?

3. What time did Toptunov set off for the bus stop for his shift at Reactor Number Four on April 25, 1986?

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

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

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