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

2. 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 California, Berkeley.
(c) Princeton University.
(d) The University of Wisconsin.

3. How far did the British plane drop Poulsson's team from their intended drop target on the Vemork mission?
(a) 65 miles away.
(b) 10 miles away.
(c) 100 miles away.
(d) 45 miles away.

4. 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?
(a) Between 1,000 and 2,000 pounds.
(b) Between 100 and 150 pounds.
(c) Between 10 and 1,000 pounds.
(d) Between 500 and 1,000 pounds.

5. What alias did Ruth Werner use in Oxford, England?
(a) Mrs. Brewer.
(b) Mrs. Anderson.
(c) Mrs. Phillips.
(d) Mrs. Meitner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Harry Gold live when he was questioned by the FBI in the Prologue?

2. How old was Colonel Leslie Groves when he was selected to oversee the bomb project?

3. From where did Poulsson's team order skis and boots prior to their mission at the Vemork power plant?

4. When was Ruth Werner sent to Britain to set up a network of informants to the Soviet Union?

5. Who was Semyon Semyonov's KGB colleague that helped work with him to throw off the scent of the FBI, according to the author in "Rapid Rupture"?

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