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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. When was Harry Gold born?
(a) December 11, 1910.
(b) July 7, 1917.
(c) March 29, 1908.
(d) May 22, 1915.

2. Where did Robert Oppenheimer work as a theoretical physicist and professor of physics in the 1930s?
(a) The University of Wisconsin.
(b) The University of Chicago.
(c) The University of California, Berkeley.
(d) Princeton University.

3. What building had Colonel Leslie Groves overseen the construction of before he was selected to oversee the bomb project?
(a) The White House.
(b) The Pentagon.
(c) The World Trade Center.
(d) The U.S. Senate Chambers.

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

5. On what date did General Leslie Groves take command of the Manhattan Project?
(a) June 19, 1942.
(b) October 21, 1939.
(c) May 22, 1942.
(d) September 18, 1942.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date did Robert Oppenheimer and Leslie Groves first visit the Los Alamos Ranch School to examine it as a site for testing?

2. Prior to the development of the atomic bomb, where did the largest man-made explosion in history occur?

3. Who was the Secretary of War that wrote to the school director of the Los Alamos Ranch School to inform him of its acquirement for military purposes?

4. What was Poulsson's answer to the pre-arranged security question, "What did you see walking down the Strand in the early hours of January 1, 1941?"

5. On what date was Albert Einstein's letter to the U.S. President warning of Germany's development of an atomic bomb delivered?

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