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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Robert Oppenheimer work as a theoretical physicist and professor of physics in the 1930s?

2. Where did Eugene Wigner and Leo Szilard find Albert Einstein in "Finding Einstein"?

3. When did Robert Oppenheimer graduate from Harvard University?

4. How many years of evidence was Harry Gold racing to destroy in the Prologue?

5. Who convinced Richard Feynman to join in the Los Alamos project?

Short Essay Questions

1. What led to Franklin Roosevelt’s discovery of German atomic research? Who wrote to the President and what was suggested?

2. What led to Harry Gold’s involvement in Soviet espionage? Who solicited Gold to inform for the Soviets?

3. What led to Robert Oppenheimer’s interest and involvement in politics?

4. How did the KGB feel about Robert Oppenheimer and his position at the Manhattan Project?

5. How is Robert Oppenheimer characterized as a professor in “Skinny Superhero”?

6. How was the compound at Los Alamos developed? Who came to the compound?

7. How are Robert Oppenheimer’s childhood and education described in “Skinny Superhero”?

8. Describe Otto Hahn’s experiment in December of 1938. What was discovered in Hahn’s experiment?

9. How did Robert Oppenheimer come to learn about Otto Hahn’s work in Germany?

10. What was the first mission that Haukelid and Poulsson were assigned after training?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the events and alliances of World War II from September 1, 1939 through January of 1941. What was the United States’ position regarding the war? What was the position of the Soviet Union? Who were Hitler’s allies?

Essay Topic 2

Who was Colonel Paul Tibbets and how was he involved in the Manhattan Project? What was Tibbets’s history and skill level? What was the mission Tibbets was given?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the public perceptions of the site at Los Alamos. How did the people in the surrounding communities react to the influx of scientists and military personnel in the area? What rumors emerged? How did the government respond to these rumors?

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