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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long can a pilot fighter endure the force of 9g if they are wearing the right type of pressurized suit?
(a) 1/100 of a second.
(b) A fraction of a second.
(c) Half of a second.
(d) About 10 seconds.

2. In Chapter 11, when did the U.S. and Russia disclosed the number of nuclear strategic warheads that they had?
(a) 2007.
(b) 2005.
(c) 2006.
(d) 2008.

3. In Chapter 17, what speed had unmanned prototypes of scramjets reached?
(a) Mach 8.
(b) Mach 10.
(c) Mach 9.
(d) Mach 11.

4. In Chapter 5, what was the cost of nautral gass per million cubic feet?
(a) $12.
(b) $15.
(c) $8.
(d) $10.

5. At how many billion people did the United Nations estimate that the populations of the world would peak in Chapter 24?
(a) 4.
(b) 9 and 10.
(c) 8 and 9.
(d) 11.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many watts per square food does overhead sunlight approximately deliver to the ground?

2. When the book was written, was the the total world production of oil per year?

3. In Chapter 15, how long would some rides at amusement parks allow riders to fall?

4. What material was used to assassinate Alexander Litvinenko?

5. How many deaths did the United Nations estimate around the world were caused by radiation from Chernobyl?

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