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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long were the steel columns of the World Trade Center designed to maintain their strength during an ordinary fire?
(a) 6 hours.
(b) 2 to 3 hours.
(c) 4 to 5 hours.
(d) 1 hour.

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

3. How much energy is released by 60 tons of gasoline?
(a) 800 tons of TNT.
(b) 850 tons of TNT.
(c) 900 tons of TNT.
(d) 750 tons of TNT.

4. What was the efficiency of the best solar cells at the time the book was written?
(a) 52%.
(b) 38%.
(c) 68%.
(d) 41%.

5. How many times the energy of uranium and plutonium bombs can be released by hydrogen bombs?
(a) About 500 times.
(b) 200 times.
(c) 800 times.
(d) Over 1,000 times.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the United States build a small nuclear weapon called the Davy Crockett?

2. When was it rumored that Saddam Hussein tested a dirty bomb?

3. How much in 2008 were "triple junction" (82) solar cells?

4. In 2008, how much did solar cells cost per square yard?

5. When did Marion Hubbert do an analysis that showed oil will never completely run out?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the author say about the ineptness of suicide bombers?

2. Who was Richard Reid, and what did he do?

3. What anecdote does the author share regarding a conversation between one of his student's and a physicist?

4. How did the terrorists who carried out the bombing of the World Trade Center use their basic knowledge of airport security?

5. What must alcohol be made from the U.S. and how is it determined that it has been made properly?

6. What is radioactivity and radiation?

7. How long will the U.S. be able to use coal?

8. How have gasoline and oil been used in the past?

9. What are hydrogen bombs and their power?

10. In Chapter 7, was the United States running out of fossil fuels?

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