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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many tons of jet fuel did each plane carry in the 9/11 attack?
(a) 50.
(b) 55.
(c) 60.
(d) 65.

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

3. How many square miles of sunlight at midday could provide a gigawatt of electric power?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

4. At what temperature did the columns of the World Trade Center become vulnerable to buckling?
(a) 1,100 degrees F.
(b) 1,200 degrees F.
(c) 1,500 degrees F.
(d) 1,800 degrees F.

5. How many people died from the anthrax letters sent after 9/11?
(a) 17.
(b) 28.
(c) 5.
(d) 36.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the United States build a small nuclear weapon called the Davy Crockett?

2. In Chapter 5, what was the cost of nautral gass per million cubic feet?

3. How much bomb-grade uranium or plutonium would be needed to make a weapon in the kiloton range?

4. What is the blast range for each warhead carried on nuclear missiles in Chapter 2?

5. When did North Korea have a nuclear weapon test in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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