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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was gasoline a key component of the Molotov cocktails used in Spain?
(a) 1920s.
(b) 1940s.
(c) 1930s.
(d) 1950s.

2. How many people died from the anthrax letters sent after 9/11?
(a) 36.
(b) 17.
(c) 28.
(d) 5.

3. How much more energy is typically released by a nuclear chain reaction than an equal weight of TNT?
(a) 15 million times.
(b) 500,000 times.
(c) 20 million times.
(d) 10,000 times.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How fast was a plane moving that was used as a weapon in the 9/11 attack?

4. In Chapter 4, how many people could have been killed by the anthrax spores mailed to news organizations?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What caused most of the death and damage from the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs?

2. What is the greatest threat when it comes to nuclear weapons getting into the hands of terrorists, and why might that be a relatively low threat?

3. What was the Davy Crockett weapon?

4. How did the terrorists who carried out the bombing of the World Trade Center use their basic knowledge of airport security?

5. What does the author say about the ineptness of suicide bombers?

6. Why does the author believe solar power is not practical for automobiles?

7. What anecdote does the author share regarding a conversation between one of his student's and a physicist?

8. How does food compare in energy to gasoline and to TNT?

9. What happened to anthrax that was grown in Soviet laboratories, and what threat could it still pose?

10. How long will the U.S. be able to use coal?

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