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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During what presidential administration was the neutron bomb developed?
(a) Carter.
(b) Ford.
(c) Reagan.
(d) Bush.

2. How long did the author believe it would take for a true power tokamak to become a reality in Chapter 14?
(a) About 50 years.
(b) 100 years.
(c) At least 20 years.
(d) 75 years.

3. How many people could be killed by the radioactivity in a nuclear power plant if they ate it?
(a) 50 million.
(b) 30 million.
(c) 15 million.
(d) 90 million.

4. When the author had his feet x-rayed as a child, how much radiation did his feet probably receive?
(a) 60 rem.
(b) 50 rem.
(c) 45 rem.
(d) 55 rem.

5. How much does a kilogram weigh?
(a) 2.4 pounds.
(b) 1.8 pounds.
(c) 1.4 pounds.
(d) 2.2 pounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 2007, where was a secret nuclear facility discovered when Israel attacked the country?

2. How long does the radioactivity of iodine-131 last?

3. When was the Los Alamos Primer declassified and published by the United States?

4. How many times the energy of uranium and plutonium bombs can be released by hydrogen bombs?

5. When were high sea surface temperatures in the Caribbean detected by infrared satellites in Chapter 18?

(see the answer key)

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