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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 many square miles of sunlight at midday could provide a gigawatt of electric power?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

2. How many tons of gasoline mixed with air and detonated from a parachute, release the energy of over 100 tons of TNT?
(a) 7.
(b) 8.
(c) 9.
(d) 5.

3. When did the United States build a small nuclear weapon called the Davy Crockett?
(a) 1964.
(b) Early 1960s.
(c) Late 1960s.
(d) 1958.

4. When was it rumored that Saddam Hussein tested a dirty bomb?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1987.
(c) 1981.
(d) 1977.

5. When did a nuclear power plant near Chernobyl in the Ukraine have a violent accident?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1986.
(d) 1987.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many horsepower do car engines deliver?

2. How much of a rem is in tooth X-rays?

3. How many horsepower was the maximum that the author's 1966 Volkswaagen Beetle produced?

4. What was the blast radius of the M83 bombs carried by the B-52s?

5. What is the blast range for each warhead carried on nuclear missiles in Chapter 2?

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