The Making of the Atomic Bomb Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

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The Making of the Atomic Bomb Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 "An Extensive Burst".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the early 1900's, who do the Jewish commercial elite ally with, creating a large class of ennobled Jews?
(a) Old Hungarian nobility.
(b) Government bureaucracy.
(c) German nobility.
(d) Other European commercial groups.

2. When does Rutherford discover a radioactive gas emanating from thorium?
(a) 1902.
(b) 1877.
(c) 1888.
(d) 1900.

3. 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) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Seven.
(d) Three.

4. What does Chaim Weizmann discover that helps the war effort?
(a) A secret code.
(b) An anerobic organism that decomposes starch.
(c) A new radioactive element.
(d) A way to make radios more efficient.

5. Who envisions atoms as small billiard balls?
(a) Isaac Newton.
(b) Max von Laue.
(c) Leo Szilard.
(d) Ernest Lawrence.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Robert Oppenheimer come to Berkeley?

2. When does Rutherford suggest the existence of the neutron?

3. What does Max Planck discover?

4. What is hailed as the beginning of true nuclear physics?

5. What Russian-Jewish biochemist is later elected first president of Israel?

(see the answer key)

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