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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was a name settled on for the Chernobyl plant?

2. In what compartment was Shashenok found unconscious?

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

4. Where were the first-draft plans of the RBMK drawn up by a heavy machinery plant?

5. How long after the explosion was Viktor Brukhanov called about the incident?

Short Essay Questions

1. When did people in Pripyat begin to realize something was happening?

2. What happened at Three Mile Island nuclear power station on March 28, 1979?

3. How did Toptunov qualify as a senior reactor control engineer?

4. Where was Toptunov born and how did he grow up?

5. What was Vitali Sklyarov's position in 1986, and how did he attain that position?

6. What did Yuvchenko and Tregub find when they tried to manually turn on the taps of the emergency high-pressure cooland system aand food the reactor core with water?

7. Why was Viktor Brukhanov made the director of the Chernobyl Atomic Energy Station?

8. What was the situation at the Chernobyl plant by 6:35 a.m. on April 26?

9. Why did Maria Protsenko have to hand draw maps of Pripyat?

10. When were the first of those injured from the accident brought to the Pripyat hospital, and what was their condition?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Anatoly Dyatlov was the deputy chief engineer of the Chernobyl power plant. What did Dyatlov’s work experience teach him about reality and bureaucracy in the Soviet Union? Why did bureaucracy usually trump reality?

Essay Topic 2

The Era of Stagnation was a term coined by Mikhail Gorbachev to describe the economic, political and social policies of the Soviet Union under Brezhnev’s rule. What was the Era of Stagnation? How did it affect the economic, political, and social policies of the USSR?

Essay Topic 3

Chronic radiation sickness is acquired gradually and acute radiation sickness is acquired quickly. What are the difficulties of treating each condition? Is one more difficult to treat than the other?

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