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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What physicist was the scientific head of the Alsos mission?
(a) Samuel Goudsmit.
(b) Enrico Fermi.
(c) Jens Poulsson.
(d) Robert Serber.

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

3. On what date did Harry Gold arrive in Santa Fe to meet with Klaus Fuchs?
(a) June 2, 1945.
(b) February 21, 1945.
(c) April 12, 1945.
(d) July 12, 1945.

4. When did Franklin D. Roosevelt die?
(a) September 1, 1945.
(b) February 21, 1945.
(c) December 18, 1944.
(d) April 12, 1945.

5. What illness was responsible for Franklin Roosevelt's adult disability?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Polio.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Asthma.

Short Answer Questions

1. What alias did Ruth Werner use in Oxford, England?

2. On what date did Robert Oppenheimer and Leslie Groves first visit the Los Alamos Ranch School to examine it as a site for testing?

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

4. Who represented Klaus Fuchs in his espionage trial?

5. On what date was the meeting between Roosevelt and Churchill in the opening of "On the Cliff"?

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