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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. Who was the British Colonel that relayed Poulsson's mission regarding the Vemork power plant?
(a) Colonel Richard Brennan.
(b) Colonel Scott Miller.
(c) Colonel John Wilson.
(d) Colonel Brehon Somervell.

2. Who informed Robert Oppenheimer about the German chemists finding the uranium could be split, according to the author in "The U Business"?
(a) Richard Brennan.
(b) Scott Miller.
(c) Derek Curtis-Bennett.
(d) Luis Alvarez.

3. Who informed Colonel Leslie Groves that he was selected for an important assignment in developing the atomic bomb?
(a) General Scott Miller.
(b) General Brehon Somervell.
(c) General Lewis Strauss.
(d) General Richard Brennan.

4. Where was Richard Feynman studying when he joined the Los Alamos project?
(a) Harvard University.
(b) The University of Chicago.
(c) The University of California, Berkeley.
(d) Princeton University.

5. Where was Donald Hornig studying chemistry when he was offered a confidential job by his lab instructor?
(a) The University of California, Berkeley.
(b) Princeton University.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) The University of Chicago.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Robert Oppenheimer born?

2. Who delivered Albert Einstein's letter regarding the potential development of a German atomic bomb to the President of the United States?

3. What alias did Ruth Werner use in Oxford, England?

4. Where was physicist Neils Bohr from?

5. What was the actual name of the training school nicknamed by the Germans as the "International Gangster School"?

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