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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many horsepower do car engines deliver?
(a) 50 to 200.
(b) 250.
(c) 100 to 300.
(d) 150.

2. What is the distance to the nearest star (other than the sun)?
(a) Around 5 light-years.
(b) About 4 light-years.
(c) 8 light-years.
(d) 2 light-years.

3. In Chapter 4, how many people could have been killed by the anthrax spores mailed to news organizations?
(a) Millions.
(b) 575,000.
(c) 350,000.
(d) Hundreds of thousands.

4. How much energy is released by 60 tons of gasoline?
(a) 850 tons of TNT.
(b) 900 tons of TNT.
(c) 800 tons of TNT.
(d) 750 tons of TNT.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 14, how many lasers were in a building at Livermore?

2. What is the radius of damage that would be caused by a 1-kiloton blast?

3. When did the Soviets carry out a test of the largest man-made nuclear explosion?

4. In Chapter 7, when oil would rise to what price per barrel did countries take their coal reserves and convert them to oil?

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

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