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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue-Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Brukhanov study at the Polytechnic Institute in Tashkent?
(a) Electrical engineering.
(b) Metrology.
(c) Electron mechanics, electro technics, and electro technologies.
(d) Theoretical electro-technologies.

2. When was the first Soviet atomic bomb detonated on the steppes of Kazakhstan?
(a) August 29, 1949.
(b) July 18, 1949.
(c) September 3, 1949.
(d) June 5, 1949.

3. How many times smaller are atoms than the width of a human hair?
(a) A million.
(b) A billion.
(c) 500,000.
(d) 250,000.

4. At the end of Chapter 3, how late were the electrical tests on the turbines from when they were scheduled to begin?
(a) 3 hours.
(b) 8 hours.
(c) 9 hours.
(d) 12 hours.

5. How old was Alexander Logachev in 1986?
(a) 29.
(b) 31.
(c) 26.
(d) 34.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time did Toptunov set off for the bus stop for his shift at Reactor Number Four on April 25, 1986?

2. In 1970, how many Soviet citizens had Communist Party membership?

3. After an explosion at Chelyabinsk-40 in 1957, how many villages were wiped from the map?

4. What building in Washington, D.C. is so radioactive that the bulding would fail federal safety codes regulating nuclear power plants?

5. When did Soviet scientists complete the first reactor to generate commercial electricity?

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