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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who comes up with the technical term "pile" or atomic pile?
(a) Oppenheimer.
(b) Teller.
(c) Fermi.
(d) Szilard.
2. When is the explosion of the first Russian atomic bomb?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1946.
3. Who wi the pilot of the plane that drops the second atomic bomb?
(a) Sweeney.
(b) Tibbets.
(c) Marshall.
(d) LeMay.
4. What is the name of the plane that drops the first atomic bomb?
(a) Enola Gay.
(b) Silverplate.
(c) Mike.
(d) Little Boy.
5. When does Oppenheimer and his aides move to New Mexico?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1941.
Short Answer Questions
1. When does the U.S. Uranium Committee meet to reorganize work on the atomic bomb?
2. After the dropping of the bombs, Leo Szilard leaves nuclear physics and goes into what field of study?
3. Where does the crew who is training for delivering of the atomic bomb go for training with radar and flying over water?
4. When is pure plutonium extracted for the first time?
5. In 1939, where is the only heavy water plant located?
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