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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the United States place an embargo on Japanese oil imports after they invaded China?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1938.

2. How much gasoline could the deuterium yield that is found in each gallon of seawater?
(a) 125 gallons.
(b) 50 gallons.
(c) 200 gallons.
(d) 75 gallons.

3. When did North Korea have a nuclear weapon test in Chapter 1?
(a) March 3, 2005.
(b) February 20, 2007.
(c) September 7, 2004.
(d) October 9, 2006.

4. At what altitude in Chapter 15 would a geostationary Earth orbit satellite orbit the earth?
(a) 22,000 miles.
(b) 27,000 miles.
(c) 33,000 miles.
(d) 31,000 miles.

5. In 2008, how much did solar cells cost per square yard?
(a) Around $75,000.
(b) About $100,000.
(c) $125,000.
(d) $50,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. How how long could the lasers mentioned in Chapter 14 deliver a power of 500 trillion watts?

2. When was it rumored that Saddam Hussein tested a dirty bomb?

3. How many square miles of sunlight at midday could provide a gigawatt of electric power?

4. In Chapter 11, when did the U.S. and Russia disclosed the number of nuclear strategic warheads that they had?

5. At 100 miles altitude, what percent is the gravity from what it is on the surface?

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