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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. How old was Jens Poulsson when he was chosen as the leader of a special mission to attack the Vemork power plant?
(a) 19.
(b) 24.
(c) 29.
(d) 32.

2. Who was the Secretary of War that wrote to the school director of the Los Alamos Ranch School to inform him of its acquirement for military purposes?
(a) George Eltenton.
(b) Scott Miller.
(c) Henry Stimson.
(d) John Wilson.

3. Who were the FBI agents at Harry Gold's door in the Prologue to Bomb?
(a) Ted Hall and Lewis Strauss.
(b) Derek Curtis-Bennett and Paul Sachs.
(c) Scott Miller and Richard Brennan.
(d) James Wilson and Peter Martin.

4. In what year did the FBI open a file on Robert Oppenheimer?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1938.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1941.

5. On what date did Robert Oppenheimer and Leslie Groves first visit the Los Alamos Ranch School to examine it as a site for testing?
(a) October 21, 1939.
(b) November 16, 1942.
(c) October 8, 1942.
(d) December 18, 1942.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who delivered Albert Einstein's letter regarding the potential development of a German atomic bomb to the President of the United States?

3. What code name was Enrico Fermi given at Los Alamos?

4. When did Robert Oppenheimer graduate from Harvard University?

5. How did Haukelid injure himself during a training exercise before the special mission he was selected for, according to the author in "International Gangster School"?

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