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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Reaction Begins" – "Epilogue".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who informed Otto Hahn that the Americans had just dropped an atomic bomb in Hiroshima?
(a) Bob Wilson.
(b) Richard Brennan.
(c) T. H. Rittner.
(d) Robert Serber.

2. What does the Army's "CIC" refer to?
(a) Cultural Intelligence Corps.
(b) Central-Intelligence Corps.
(c) Counter-Intelligence Corps.
(d) Community Intelligence Cadets.

3. 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"?
(a) Alexander Sachs.
(b) Robert Oppenheimer.
(c) Luis Alvarez.
(d) Alexander Feklisov.

4. With whom did Harry Gold fall in love three years after WWII ended?
(a) Lise Meitner.
(b) Mary Lanning.
(c) Jean Tatlock.
(d) Melba Phillips.

5. Where was the second secret plant developed to produce U-235?
(a) Reno, Nevada.
(b) Hanford, Washington.
(c) Malvern, Indiana.
(d) Roswell, New Mexico.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what name did Dorothy McKibben's potential employer introduce himself when he interviewed with her at a Santa Fe hotel in March of 1943?

2. Who was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at the time of F.D.R.'s death?

3. Who was the U.S. Secretary of Commerce in 1945?

4. Where was Richard Feynman studying when he joined the Los Alamos project?

5. On what date was the first meeting of the physicists at the Los Alamos Ranch School?

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