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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Gatekeeper" – "Two Inside".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Robert Oppenheimer work as a theoretical physicist and professor of physics in the 1930s?
(a) The University of Chicago.
(b) Princeton University.
(c) The University of California, Berkeley.
(d) The University of Wisconsin.

2. Whose idea was it initially for the Americans to kidnap Werner Heisenberg?
(a) Jens Poulsson's.
(b) Arne Kjelstrup's.
(c) Hans Bethe's.
(d) Robert Serber's.

3. When did news reach Washington and London that Germany was emptying the water machines at the Vemork plant?
(a) September, 1944.
(b) July, 1944.
(c) February, 1944.
(d) March, 1943.

4. From where did Poulsson's team order skis and boots prior to their mission at the Vemork power plant?
(a) Canada.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) The United States.
(d) Iceland.

5. Who convinced Richard Feynman to join in the Los Alamos project?
(a) Henry Stimson.
(b) Bob Wilson.
(c) John Wilson.
(d) George Eltenton.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many neutrons are contained in the nucleus of a normal hydrogen atom?

2. What does "blitzkrieg" translate to in English?

3. What is the atomic number of uranium?

4. Who was the British Colonel that relayed Poulsson's mission regarding the Vemork power plant?

5. What alias did Ruth Werner use in Oxford, England?

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