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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Reaction Begins" – "Epilogue".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was General Lestlie Groves's top intelligence officer in late 1943?
(a) Colonel John Wilson.
(b) Lt. Colonel Boris Pash.
(c) Major Robert Furman.
(d) General George Marshall.

2. At what hotel did Dorothy McKibben meet her potential employer to interview for a confidential job in March of 1943?
(a) The Quartz.
(b) The Four Seasons.
(c) La Fonda.
(d) Casa Lorena.

3. Who was the leader of Hitler's bomb project during WWII?
(a) Lewis Strauss.
(b) Samuel Goudsmit.
(c) Kurt Diebner.
(d) Arne Kjelstrup.

4. How much money did Harry Gold hand over to David Greenglass for his information in 1945?
(a) $5,000.
(b) $1,000.
(c) $500.
(d) $700.

5. Whose idea was it initially for the Americans to kidnap Werner Heisenberg?
(a) Hans Bethe's.
(b) Robert Serber's.
(c) Arne Kjelstrup's.
(d) Jens Poulsson's.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Moe Berg when he was assigned the Heisenberg kidnapping mission?

2. Who was Robert Oppenheimer's assistant leading the first meeting at the Los Alamos Ranch School?

3. Where was Franklin Roosevelt's family home?

4. Who was Japan's foreign minister in August of 1945?

5. Who informed Robert Oppenheimer about the German chemists finding the uranium could be split, according to the author in "The U Business"?

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