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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17 "The Evils of This Time".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Robert Oppenheimer come to Berkeley?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1933.

2. Who reorganizes the Hungarian school system along German lines?
(a) Mor Karman.
(b) Michael Polanyi.
(c) Von Neumann.
(d) Eugene Wigner.

3. When does Isador Isaac Rabi become a Nobel laureate in physics?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1939.

4. When does the Allied campaign at the Turkish Gallipoli Peninsula begin?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1916.
(c) 1917.
(d) 1912.

5. In what state is the Hanford facility located?
(a) Alaska.
(b) New Mexico.
(c) Washington.
(d) Arizona.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the second woman in history to earn a Ph.D. at the University of Vienna?

2. Who is the Secretary of War in 1942?

3. In 1939, who does Leo Szilard want to prevent from learning about nuclear fission?

4. Where does Enrico Fermi and his team carry out his experiments?

5. When does Bohr win the Nobel Prize in physics?

(see the answer key)

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