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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14 "Physics in Desert Country".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Theordor von Karman's area of study?
(a) Theoretical physics.
(b) Quantum mechanics.
(c) Aeronautical physics.
(d) Experimental physics.

2. Who is the Secretary of War in 1942?
(a) Bush.
(b) Groves.
(c) Marshall.
(d) Stimson.

3. Who designs the first working cyclotron?
(a) Chadwick.
(b) Oppenheimer.
(c) Lawrence.
(d) Rutherford.

4. When does the U.S. Uranium Committee meet to reorganize work on the atomic bomb?
(a) December 6, 1941.
(b) November 30, 1941.
(c) November 6, 1941.
(d) December 7, 1941.

5. When do the Germans invade Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg?
(a) February, 1940.
(b) June, 1939.
(c) May, 1940.
(d) January, 1939.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the general topic for the Solvay Conference?

2. Who comes up with the technical term "pile" or atomic pile?

3. Who becomes the first unconverted Jew ennobled since the Middle Ages?

4. In 1873, what physicist says that atoms do not exist?

5. How many patents does Szilard apply for in Germany between 1924 and 1934?

(see the answer key)

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