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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. Near what town was the Vemork power plant located?
(a) Zurich, Switzerland.
(b) Rjukan, Norway.
(c) Grimstad, Norway.
(d) Haugesund, Norway.

2. When was Ruth Werner sent to Britain to set up a network of informants to the Soviet Union?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1941.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1939.

3. Prior to the development of the atomic bomb, where did the largest man-made explosion in history occur?
(a) Halifax Harbor, Canada.
(b) Augusta Bay, Alaska.
(c) Zurich, Switzerland.
(d) Paris, France.

4. 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"?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 1 week.
(c) 4 weeks.
(d) 6 weeks.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the atomic number of uranium?

2. Who was the top army intelligence officer on the West Coast in June of 1943?

3. On what date did Hitler's Germany launch a massive invasion of Poland?

4. Who was the U.S. President in July of 1939?

5. When General Groves first met with the Uranium Committee members in Chicago, how much uranium did they tell him it would take to make an atomic bomb?

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