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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many Chernobyl thyroid cancer victims died?
(a) 12.
(b) 9.
(c) 13.
(d) 10.

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

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

4. When the book was written, was the the total world production of oil per year?
(a) 50 billion barrels.
(b) 60 billion barrels.
(c) 40 billion barrels.
(d) 30 billion barrels.

5. How many kilotons of TNT were used by Al-Qaeda on September 11, 2001?
(a) 2.1.
(b) 1.5.
(c) 1.4.
(d) 1.8.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What was the blast radius of the M83 bombs carried by the B-52s?

4. Of those killed by the Hiroshima atomic bomb, what is the best estimate of the percent of people who died of radiation-induced cancer?

5. How many joules does one food calorie contain?

(see the answer key)

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