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

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

3. In fallout from a nuclear bomb, what material is most likely to cause the most human deaths?
(a) Phosphorus-32.
(b) Strontium-90.
(c) Cesium-137.
(d) Polonium-215.

4. At the time the book was written, what company was second in oil reserves only to Saudi Arabia?
(a) Russia.
(b) Iran.
(c) Canada.
(d) United States.

5. When was the last date that anthrax letters were sent in 2001?
(a) October 9.
(b) December 3.
(c) September 28.
(d) November 16.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much power can a healthy person produce by pedaling a bicycle?

2. How long does the radioactivity of iodine-131 last?

3. When did Marion Hubbert do an analysis that showed oil will never completely run out?

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

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

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