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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. Who was the U.S. President in July of 1939?
(a) Harry Truman.
(b) Theodore Roosevelt.
(c) Dwight Eisenhower.
(d) Franklin D. Roosevelt.

2. In what year did Adolf Hitler annex Austria into his German Empire?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1938.
(d) 1936.

3. What was the name of the area at Los Alamos where Robert Oppenheimer lived?
(a) Classroom row.
(b) Bathtub Row.
(c) Clubhouse Row.
(d) Desert Row.

4. Where did Klaus Fuchs earn his PhD?
(a) The University of Bristol.
(b) Zurich University.
(c) The University of California, Berkeley.
(d) The University of Chicago.

5. What does the "OSS" stand for?
(a) Office of Systems Services.
(b) Office of Strategic Services.
(c) Office of Social Services.
(d) Office of Soviet Services.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the second secret plant developed to produce U-235?

2. On what date did Robert Oppenheimer and Leslie Groves first visit the Los Alamos Ranch School to examine it as a site for testing?

3. What building had Colonel Leslie Groves overseen the construction of before he was selected to oversee the bomb project?

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

5. What was Poulsson's answer to the pre-arranged security question, "What did you see walking down the Strand in the early hours of January 1, 1941?"

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