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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 long were the steel columns of the World Trade Center designed to maintain their strength during an ordinary fire?
(a) 1 hour.
(b) 2 to 3 hours.
(c) 6 hours.
(d) 4 to 5 hours.

2. When did North Korea have a nuclear weapon test in Chapter 1?
(a) October 9, 2006.
(b) September 7, 2004.
(c) March 3, 2005.
(d) February 20, 2007.

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

4. What is the radius of damage that would be caused by a 1-kiloton blast?
(a) 450 feet.
(b) 300 feet.
(c) 1,250 feet.
(d) 900 feet.

5. What limit in Chapter 8, did the U.S. government set as a limit for the general public's exposure to radioactivity?
(a) 0.9 rem.
(b) 1 rem.
(c) 0.1 rem.
(d) 2 rem.

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. When did the United States place an embargo on Japanese oil imports after they invaded China?

3. When was gasoline a key component of the Molotov cocktails used in Spain?

4. How many times the energy of uranium and plutonium bombs can be released by hydrogen bombs?

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

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