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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 2007, where was a secret nuclear facility discovered when Israel attacked the country?
(a) Syria.
(b) Pakistan.
(c) Turkey.
(d) Albania.

2. How many tons of high-level nuclear waste were the underground tunnels at Yucca Mountain designed to hold?
(a) 110,000 tons.
(b) 45,000 tons.
(c) 92,000 tons.
(d) 77,000 tons.

3. How many horsepower was the maximum that the author's 1966 Volkswaagen Beetle produced?
(a) 75.
(b) 50.
(c) 125.
(d) 100.

4. How many square miles of sunlight at midday could provide a gigawatt of electric power?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

5. In a pebble bed reactor, how deep is the bed of pebbles where the uranium is placed?
(a) 1 1/2 inches.
(b) 3 inches.
(c) 4 inches.
(d) 2 1/2 inches.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the book was written, was the the total world production of oil per year?

2. When did the United States go after Osama bin Laden in the Tora Bora mountains of Afghanistan?

3. If a fusion reactor could be built, how much deuterium and tritium would be needed yearly for a gigawatt power plant?

4. In Chapter 17, what speed had unmanned prototypes of scramjets reached?

5. During what presidential administration was the neutron bomb developed?

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