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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6 "Machines".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Bohr receive his Ph.D.?
(a) 1922.
(b) 1905.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1918.

2. How long does Lawrence calculate the size of the tube he needs?
(a) 100 yards.
(b) 100 feet.
(c) 2 miles.
(d) 1 mile.

3. Who is the financial mainstay of pioneering Jewish settlements in Palestine when World War I begins?
(a) Andrew Carnegie.
(b) J.P. Morgan.
(c) Edmond de Rothchild.
(d) David Lloyd George.

4. Where does Bohr teach in 1916?
(a) University of Copenhagen.
(b) University of Edinburgh.
(c) University of Berlin.
(d) University of Manchester.

5. How many of the 20th century's most exceptional scientists, who go on to become involved in the atomic bomb, are produced by the Hungarian Jewish middle class?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) Seven.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the specific topic of Bohr's controversial paper in 1913?

2. Ernest Rutherford moves from New Zealand to where?

3. In the 1920's/1930's, what is the world's largest source of radioactive polonium?

4. In the early 1900s, Budapest is the first European city to have what mode of transportation?

5. What does J.J. Thompson discover?

(see the answer key)

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