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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 was Japan's foreign minister in August of 1945?
(a) Yoshio Nishina.
(b) Korechika Anami.
(c) Shigenori Togo.
(d) Seizo Arisue.

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

3. Who offered Dorothy McKibben a secretarial job in March of 1943?
(a) Bob Wilson.
(b) Henry Stimson.
(c) Joe Stevenson.
(d) George Eltenton.

4. How many people were aboard the ferry as it transported heavy water from the Vemork plant?
(a) 72.
(b) 59.
(c) 36.
(d) 53.

5. At least how many people were instantly killed by the bomb that was dropped over Nagasaki?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 40,000.
(c) 20,000.
(d) 30,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who convinced Richard Feynman to join in the Los Alamos project?

2. Who was the chief of intelligenge of Japan's army in August of 1945?

3. What sentence did Harry Gold receive for Soviet espionage?

4. Prior to the development of the atomic bomb, where did the largest man-made explosion in history occur?

5. How far was Oppeneheimer's bomb shelter from the blast site for the testing of the plutonium bomb?

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