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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Klaus Fuchs earn his PhD?
(a) The University of Bristol.
(b) Zurich University.
(c) The University of California, Berkeley.
(d) The University of Chicago.

2. Where did Ted Hall earn his PhD?
(a) The University of California, Berkeley.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) Princeton University.
(d) The University of Chicago.

3. What sentence did Harry Gold receive for Soviet espionage?
(a) 50 years in prison.
(b) 30 years in prison.
(c) Execution.
(d) 14 years in prison.

4. On what date was the first meeting of the physicists at the Los Alamos Ranch School?
(a) November 16, 1942.
(b) October 21, 1943.
(c) September 18, 1942.
(d) April 15, 1943.

5. On what date did the United States test its first hydrogen bomb?
(a) November 1, 1952.
(b) May 22, 1950.
(c) April 22, 1954.
(d) October 21, 1953.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ship carried the uranium for its trip to Tinian?

2. What book of poetry was used in Ted Hall's secret letters to Saville Sax?

3. To where did Knut Haukelid take a train following the bombing of the ferry carrying heavy water from the Vemork plant?

4. About how many uranium atoms have a total of 235 protons and neutrons?

5. Who was the leader of Hitler's bomb project during WWII?

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