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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many Soviets had been killed in the war with Germany by July of 1945?
(a) Over 30 million.
(b) 500,000.
(c) Over 20 million.
(d) 150,000.

2. When did the Briggs Advisory Committee on Uranium hold its first meeting?
(a) September 1, 1939.
(b) October 21, 1939.
(c) October 11, 1939.
(d) May 22, 1940.

3. Who was Robert Oppenheimer's former girlfriend whom he met in San Francisco on June 14, 1943?
(a) Lise Meitner.
(b) Jean Tatlock.
(c) Melba Phillips.
(d) Ruth Werner.

4. Where did Haukelid's training group go to attend parachute school?
(a) Scotland.
(b) Norway.
(c) Ireland.
(d) Canada.

5. How old was Robert Oppenheimer when he first voted in a presidential election?
(a) 41.
(b) 36.
(c) 32.
(d) 26.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Potsdam Declaration demand of Japan?

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

3. Why did Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt agree to combine their resources and work on atomic weapons in the United States?

4. What mailing address did Dorothy McKibben give to the new scientists arriving in Santa Fe for the bomb project?

5. With whom did Knut Haukelid spend the winter in the mountains of Norway after the Vemork attack?

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