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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the United States place an embargo on Japanese oil imports after they invaded China?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1938.
(d) 1941.

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

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

4. When was the Davy Crockett nuclear device exploded in a test?
(a) February 1962.
(b) March 1962.
(c) July 1962.
(d) November 1962.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did a National Academy of Science report show no significant increase in birth defects of the children of victims in Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

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

3. How much energy is released by 60 tons of gasoline?

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

5. How long does the radioactivity of potassium-40 last?

(see the answer key)

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