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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A ton of TNT is equal to the energy of how many food calories?
(a) 500,000.
(b) 1 million.
(c) 100,000.
(d) 750,000.

2. When was gasoline a key component of the Molotov cocktails used in Spain?
(a) 1930s.
(b) 1950s.
(c) 1940s.
(d) 1920s.

3. How many tons of coal did the author say that the U.S. had in reserves in Chapter 7?
(a) About 2 trillion.
(b) 11 billion.
(c) About 3 trillion.
(d) 4 billion.

4. How many people might be killed by a blast in the center of the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day?
(a) 210,000.
(b) 120,000.
(c) 100,000.
(d) 240,000.

5. In Part IV, how long did it take to go between Moscow and New York City by satellite?
(a) 13 minutes.
(b) 17 minutes.
(c) 21 minutes.
(d) 34 minutes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many gama rays were the firefighters of Chernobyl exposed to?

3. How much of the radioactivity in the Chernobyl reactor was possible released into the atmosphere?

4. When the book was written, was the the total world production of oil per year?

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

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