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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Gatekeeper" – "Two Inside".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was the Manhattan Project given this code name?
(a) Because the first atomic tests were to be performed in Manhattan.
(b) Because Manhattan was the name of the man who developed the bomb.
(c) Because "Manhattan" was code for "bomb."
(d) Because its initial offices were in Manhattan.

2. Who convinced Richard Feynman to join in the Los Alamos project?
(a) George Eltenton.
(b) John Wilson.
(c) Henry Stimson.
(d) Bob Wilson.

3. What does S.O.E. stand for?
(a) Secret Operations Entity.
(b) Special Ordinance Elective.
(c) Selective Operations Establishment.
(d) Special Operations Executive.

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?"
(a) "A beaver on a dam."
(b) "A tank rolling down the street."
(c) "Two dogs in a boat."
(d) "Three pink elephants."

5. How many people were saved by a rescue boat when the ferry carrying heavy water from the Vemork plant was bombed?
(a) 19.
(b) 27.
(c) 5.
(d) 16.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Klaus Fuchs sail for America to join the Manhattan Project?

2. How old was Colonel Leslie Groves when he was selected to oversee the bomb project?

3. How old was Igor Kurchatov when he was put in charge of building a Soviet atomic weapon?

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"?

5. Where had Knut Haukelid been fighting the Germans in a resistance movement when he was met by British officers in "International Gangster School"?

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