1. What was the name of the Soviets' secret lab in the pine woods outside Moscow in 1943?
(a) The Los Alamos Ranch School.
(b) Special Training School No. 3.
(c) Laboratory Number 2.
(d) MI-5.

2. On what date did Moe Berg attend Werner Heisenberg's lecture for the Alsos mission?
(a) December 18, 1944.
(b) September 18, 1944.
(c) April 15, 1943.
(d) November 16, 1945.

3. What book of poetry was used in Ted Hall's secret letters to Saville Sax?
(a) Leaves of Grass.
(b) Canterbury Tales.
(c) Prufrock and Other Observations.
(d) Idylls of the King.

4. Who told Oppenheimer after his visit to San Francisco in June of 1943, "In the future, please avoid seeing your questionable friends"?
(a) Colonel Boris Pash.
(b) Colonel John Wilson.
(c) General Brehon Somervell.
(d) Colonel Kenneth Nichols.

5. On what date did General Groves first meet Robert Oppenheimer?
(a) October 8, 1942.
(b) September 18, 1942.
(c) June 19, 1942.
(d) October 21, 1939.

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon landing on the Vemork mission, how long did Poulsson tell his team they had to "reconnoiter the plant, get information on the German guards, and check on the landing site"?

2. Why did Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt agree to combine their resources and work on atomic weapons in the United States?

3. Where was Moe Berg to attend a lecture by Werner Heisenberg for his mission?

4. How much money did Harry Gold hand over to David Greenglass for his information in 1945?

5. What physicist was the scientific head of the Alsos mission?

(see the answer key)

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