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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A part of what country does Neville Chamberlain and Hitler agree should be ceded to Germany?
(a) Czechoslovakia.
(b) Holland.
(c) Poland.
(d) Austria.

2. In 1910, Jews make up what percent of the Hungarian population?
(a) 5.
(b) 15.
(c) 20.
(d) 10.

3. Who confirms the existence of a neutron?
(a) James Chadwick.
(b) Max von Laue.
(c) Fyodor Vinbert.
(d) Ernest Lawrence.

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

5. What can Von Karman do at age six that show he is a prodigy?
(a) Write equations.
(b) Recite the periodic table.
(c) Read science books.
(d) Multiply six figure numbers in his head.

6. Who heads the Academic Assistance Council in the 1930's?
(a) John Maynard Keynes.
(b) Niels Bohr.
(c) Ernest Rutherford.
(d) Kurt Mendelssohn.

7. Where does Leo Szilard go from Berlin the day before the Nazis confiscate the rail system?
(a) Vienna.
(b) Budapest.
(c) New York.
(d) Manchester.

8. When does Adloph Hitler become Chancellor of Germany?
(a) December 8, 1931.
(b) January 30, 1933.
(c) December 10, 1932.
(d) April 30, 1932.

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

10. What is the general topic for the Solvay Conference?
(a) Experimental physics.
(b) Quantum mechanics.
(c) Nuclear physics.
(d) Relativity.

11. The title of this chapter comes from what philosopher's writings?
(a) Rousseau.
(b) Heidegger.
(c) Kierkegaard.
(d) Kant.

12. Why do the Jewish scientists leave Hungary?
(a) Because they want to find better schooling.
(b) Because of family.
(c) Because of increasingly violent anti-Semitism.
(d) Because they want to go to Israel.

13. When does Marie Curie die?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1934.

14. Who writes "The Shape of Things to Come"?
(a) H.G.Wells.
(b) Leo Szilard.
(c) Richard Rhodes.
(d) Max Planck.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who founds big-machine physics in America?

2. What is the name of George Gamov's wife?

3. What is Theordor von Karman's area of study?

4. Who does Enrico Fermi team with to separate iodine isotopes?

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

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