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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16 "Revelations".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Yehudi Menuhim famous?
(a) He discovers uranium.
(b) He writes a book.
(c) He is a child prodigy mathematician.
(d) He is a child prodigy violinist.

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

3. Who is Queen Victoria of England's oldest grandson?
(a) King Edward VII.
(b) George III.
(c) Prince Edward.
(d) Kaiser Wilhelm II.

4. Where do Frisch's parents go to live after his father is released from concentration camp?
(a) Manchester.
(b) Paris.
(c) Stockholm.
(d) Cambridge.

5. In the 1930's, where do Lise Meitner, Otto Hahn, and Fritz Strassman work when they are trying to sort out the elements created by neutron bombardment of the heaviest elements?
(a) Univeristy of Franfurt.
(b) Univeristy of Berlin.
(c) Kaiser Wilheim Institute.
(d) Tubingen University.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the Solvay Conference in Brussels take place?

2. Where does the first full-scale self-sustained nuclear chain reaction occur?

3. When does Rutherford discover a radioactive gas emanating from thorium?

4. Hahn and Strassman (without Meitner) continue experiments with neutron bombardment of what element?

5. Where does Hans Bethe go after his dismissal from Tubingen?

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