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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long after the catastrophe began was an evacuation order issued for Pripyat?
(a) 32 hours.
(b) 28 hours.
(c) 36 hours.
(d) 23 hours.

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

3. During a 4 p.m. meeting, how many hours did attendees believe they had to intervene before a new criticality began?
(a) 7.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

4. How much did the biological shield around the RBMK weight?
(a) 1,500 tons.
(b) 1,000 tons.
(c) 2,000 tons.
(d) 3,100 tons.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what compartment was Shashenok found unconscious?

2. Where were the dimension of the core of the RBMK?

3. How did Protsenko's brothers die when she was a baby?

4. How old was Sklyarov in 1986?

5. How many rivers and streams formed the Dnieper River basin?

(see the answer key)

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