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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "On the Cliff" – "High Concentration".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who informed Colonel Leslie Groves that he was selected for an important assignment in developing the atomic bomb?
(a) General Richard Brennan.
(b) General Lewis Strauss.
(c) General Brehon Somervell.
(d) General Scott Miller.

2. 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"?
(a) He shot himself in the arm.
(b) He broke his arm climbing a fence.
(c) He shot himself in the foot.
(d) He almost drowned in a river.

3. Where did Tom Black arrange for Harry Gold to take a job in Jersey City in 1933?
(a) At a soap factory.
(b) At a print shop.
(c) At a butcher shop.
(d) At a telegram office.

4. When did the Briggs Advisory Committee on Uranium hold its first meeting?
(a) May 22, 1940.
(b) October 21, 1939.
(c) September 1, 1939.
(d) October 11, 1939.

5. Where was Robert Oppenheimer born and raised?
(a) Zurich, Switzerland.
(b) New York, New York.
(c) Chicago, Illinois.
(d) Los Angeles, California.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did Robert Oppenheimer weigh when he underwent an army physical prior to being appointed to the Manhattan Project?

2. How far did the British plane drop Poulsson's team from their intended drop target on the Vemork mission?

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

4. When did Robert Oppenheimer graduate from Harvard University?

5. Where was physicist Neils Bohr from?

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