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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did North Korea test its first atomic bomb?
(a) January 7, 2006.
(b) October 9, 2006.
(c) July 11, 2006.
(d) November 18, 2006.

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

4. How large was a plane that was used as a weapon in the 9/11 attack?
(a) 158 tons.
(b) 103 tons.
(c) 131 tons.
(d) 142 tons.

5. How much larger was a nuclear explosion tested by the Soviets in Chapter 2 than the Hiroshima bomb?
(a) 3,500 times.
(b) 2,000 times.
(c) 2,500 times.
(d) 3,000 times.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 4, how many people could have been killed by the anthrax spores mailed to news organizations?

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

4. What percent of the energy of gasoline is carried by the best rechargeable batteries?

5. In Chapter 5, how much cheaper was coal than gasoline, for the same energy?

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