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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did North Korea have a nuclear weapon test in Chapter 1?
(a) September 7, 2004.
(b) February 20, 2007.
(c) March 3, 2005.
(d) October 9, 2006.

3. What is the radius of damage that would be caused by a 1-kiloton blast?
(a) 900 feet.
(b) 450 feet.
(c) 1,250 feet.
(d) 300 feet.

4. How many joules does one food calorie contain?
(a) 3,700.
(b) About 4,200.
(c) 4,800.
(d) Around 3,900.

5. How many rem was it estimated that survivors of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki received?
(a) 20.
(b) 15.
(c) 10.
(d) 25.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does the radioactivity of iodine-131 last?

2. What limit in Chapter 8, did the U.S. government set as a limit for the general public's exposure to radioactivity?

3. What material was used to assassinate Alexander Litvinenko?

4. What was the efficiency of the best solar cells at the time the book was written?

5. When did North Korea test its first atomic bomb?

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