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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 Rutherford suggest the existence of the neutron?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1908.
(d) 1920.

2. In the 1920's/1930's, what is the world's largest source of radioactive polonium?
(a) Cavendish Laboratory.
(b) University of Manchester.
(c) Berkeley.
(d) Marie Curie's Radium Institute.

3. When are the Kaiser Wilhelm Institutes in Berlin dedicated?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1900.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1903.

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

5. What theory or principle does Albert Einstein not accept?
(a) Quantum mechanics.
(b) The uncertainty principle.
(c) The relativity theory.
(d) Complementarity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What theoretical physicist moves to Manchester when he is twenty seven year old for experience working with radioactivity?

2. What is the rumor that circulates regarding the 20th century Hungarian Jewish scientists?

3. Who envisions atoms as small billiard balls?

4. Whose contributions to 20th century physics rank second only to Albert Einstein's?

5. When World War I begins, Bohr moves from Denmark to where?

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