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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. By Sunday evening, how many tons of boron and sand had General Antoshkin's pilots been able to dump into Unit Four?

2. What altitude did the cloud of radiation reach before it was caught by wind currents?

3. What was the Military of Defense standard for the maximum dose of radiation workers could receive safely?

4. At what speeds did the wind currents blow the cloud of radiation northwest across the USSR?

5. On Tuesday, April 29, how many victims of the accident were hospitalized in Moscow?

Short Essay Questions

1. When did Valery Legasov present information about the Chernobyl accident and how accurate was the information he provided?

2. What were the charages against Viktor Brukhanov and the other five men who stood accused of causing the disaster at the Chernobyl Atomic Energy Station?

3. Why did Alexander Meshkov conclude that the accident was due to operator error?

4. What was the problem with discovering what happened to the 180 tons of nuclear fuel from Unit Four?

5. On July 25, how were busloads of Pripyat evacuees allowed to reclaim items from their apartments?

6. What debate was there regarding how much rem workers cleaning up at Chernobyl could be exposed to?

7. Where did Svetlanta Kirichenko and other members of the Pripyat city council set up an office?

8. What did Maria Protsenko finally learn about the possibility of returning to Pripyat?

9. What did Regan say about the lack of information from the Soviets regarding the nuclear accident at Chernobyl?

10. What were the verdicts in the trial of Viktor Brukhanov and the five men tried with him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Although Gorbachov’s policy of glasnost was designed to provide more openness in reporting information, the Soviets frequently distorted the truth. How was propaganda used to place the Soviets in the best possible light when discussing the accident?

Essay Topic 3

Brukhanov and five other men were tried for their role in the nuclear disaster. Was their trial just or unjust?

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