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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 5, what was the cost of nautral gass per million cubic feet?
(a) $10.
(b) $15.
(c) $8.
(d) $12.

2. In Chapter 4, how many people could have been killed by the anthrax spores mailed to news organizations?
(a) 575,000.
(b) 350,000.
(c) Hundreds of thousands.
(d) Millions.

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

4. How much in 2008 were "triple junction" (82) solar cells?
(a) Around $50 per square foot.
(b) $100 per square foot.
(c) $75 per square foot.
(d) About $65 per square foot.

5. When was Iraq attempting to develop nuclear weapons?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1999.
(c) 1997.
(d) 1994.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many tons of high-level nuclear waste were the underground tunnels at Yucca Mountain designed to hold?

3. When did a National Academy of Science report show no significant increase in birth defects of the children of victims in Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

4. In Chapter 15, how many satellites did the author state would be needed to view the entire globe continuously?

5. When did the U.S. and Russia sign a treaty where they promised to reduce their stockpile of nuclear weapons to less than 6,000 each?

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