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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the first Italian scientist on Moe Berg's list to visit in Rome in Chapter 11, "A Perfect Spy"?
(a) Aldo Icardi.
(b) Dr. Otto Hahn.
(c) Antonio Ferri.
(d) Edoardo Amaldi.

2. The optical laboratory Moe Berg was directed to investigate in Chapter 11, "A Perfect Spy" was thought to be helping compress fissionable material for Germany's what?
(a) Atomic bombs.
(b) Nuclear bombs.
(c) Dirty bombs.
(d) Plutonium bombs.

3. After his guest stint on a radio quiz show, who told Moe Berg, "Berg, in just thirty minutes you did more for baseball than I've done the entire time I've been commissioner"?
(a) William Eckert.
(b) Ford Frick.
(c) A. B. "Happy" Chandler, Sr.
(d) Kenesaw Mountain Landis.

4. In his time playing for the Boston Red Sox, Moe Berg averaged fewer than how many games per season?
(a) 15.
(b) 20.
(c) 30.
(d) 25.

5. What position did Moe Berg play for the Boston Red Sox?
(a) Catcher.
(b) Center field.
(c) Pitcher.
(d) 1st base.

Short Answer Questions

1. What radical, authoritarian nationalist political ideology advocates the creation of a totalitarian single-party state that seeks the mass mobilization of a nation through indoctrination, physical education, and family policy including eugenics?

2. Following World War II, Werner Heisenberg was appointed director of what institution?

3. When Moe Berg joined the OIAA he left behind a baseball career that had lasted how many years?

4. What President called for the formation of the OSS?

5. Edoardo Amaldi told Moe Berg that the Italians could not build an atomic bomb for what reason?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Moe Berg obtain information about Walther Bothe in Chapter 11, "A Perfect Spy"? What did he learn about Italian and German atomic resources?

2. Who did Moe Berg go to work for after leaving the OIAA in Chapter 9, "Southern Junket? What woman did he have a relationship at this time?

3. What was the AZUSA mission in which Moe Berg was involved in Chapter 10, "Remus Heads for Rome"?

4. Who did Moe Berg visit in January of 1946 in Chapter 12, "Always Good Company? What was his objective in the visit?

5. When did the CIA offer Moe Berg a contract in Chapter 13, "A Life Without Calendar"? How was his relationship with the CIA?

6. Who did the OSS send Moe Berg to visit in June, 1945, in Chapter 12, "Always Good Company"? What did he accomplish in this visit?

7. After returning from Switzerland in Chapter 12, "Always Good Company," where did Moe Berg go next? What happened to the OSS?

8. Why was Moe Berg sent to Zurich in Chapter 12, "Always Good Company"? What did he learn about Joliot-Curie there?

9. What German scientist did the U.S. have concern for in Chapter 10, "Remus Heads for Rome"?

10. For whom did Moe Berg play in the 1935 season? How is his performance described in Chapter 8, "Mr. Berg, You've Been Brilliant"?

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