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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many months after Hiroshima was bombed, did an additional 37,000 people die?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 8 months.

2. At the end of the Prologue, what was the reading of roentgen an hour on the radiometer?
(a) 215,
(b) 2,080.
(c) 112.
(d) 1,090.

3. After the explosion, how many safey valves were open in Unit Four control room?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 10.
(d) 4.

4. Where was the location of the fallout from a clandestine radioactive accident that Logachev traveled to?
(a) East Urals Trace.
(b) Semipalatinsk.
(c) Novaya Zemlya.
(d) Khabarovsk-47.

5. When was the town of Chernobyl established?
(a) 15th century.
(b) 9th century.
(c) 12th century.
(d) 14th century.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the reactor design called the RBMK-1000 complete?

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

3. When did the Soviet Council of MInisters issue a decree approving the construction of the RBMKs?

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

5. If operators faced a situation calling for an emergency shutdown of an RBMK, how long would it take to gradually reduce the reactor's power to zero?

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