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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What percent of the energy of gasoline is carried by the best rechargeable batteries?
(a) 27.
(b) 1.
(c) 34.
(d) 8.

2. How many gama rays were the firefighters of Chernobyl exposed to?
(a) Over a quadrillion.
(b) 500 trillion.
(c) 750 billion.
(d) About a quintillion.

3. How many beta rays must a fifth of whiskey emit every minute or be considered unfit for human consumption?
(a) 300.
(b) 200.
(c) 400.
(d) 500.

4. What size blade could a knife have before 9/11 to be carried on board a plane?
(a) Less than 5 inches.
(b) Less than 4 inches.
(c) About 2 inches.
(d) About 3 inches.

5. What material was used to assassinate Alexander Litvinenko?
(a) Tritium.
(b) Potassium-40.
(c) Cobalt-60.
(d) Polonium-210.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long were the steel columns of the World Trade Center designed to maintain their strength during an ordinary fire?

2. When did a nuclear power plant near Chernobyl in the Ukraine have a violent accident?

3. How many tons of gasoline mixed with air and detonated from a parachute, release the energy of over 100 tons of TNT?

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

5. How much did the small nuclear weapon the Davy Crockett weigh?

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