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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "On the Cliff" – "High Concentration".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Colonel Leslie Groves when he was selected to oversee the bomb project?
(a) 39.
(b) 29.
(c) 51.
(d) 46.

2. Where had Knut Haukelid been fighting the Germans in a resistance movement when he was met by British officers in "International Gangster School"?
(a) Norway.
(b) Austria.
(c) Italy.
(d) France.

3. Where were Eugene Wigner and Leo Szilard both born?
(a) Switzerland.
(b) Norway.
(c) Hungaria.
(d) Sweden.

4. Upon landing on the Vemork mission, how long did Poulsson tell his team they had to "reconnoiter the plant, get information on the German guards, and check on the landing site"?
(a) 6 weeks.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 1 week.
(d) 4 weeks.

5. Where did Klaus Fuchs earn his PhD?
(a) Zurich University.
(b) The University of California, Berkeley.
(c) The University of Bristol.
(d) The University of Chicago.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Tom Black arrange for Harry Gold to take a job in Jersey City in 1933?

2. When did Adolf Hitler take over as Chancellor of Germany?

3. What is the atomic number of uranium?

4. What political party did Tom Black pressure Harry Gold to join?

5. When did Robert Oppenheimer abandon his date in a car, according to the author in "Skinny Superhero"?

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