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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 flipped the switch that armed the plutonium bomb for testing in July of 1945?
(a) Kenneth Bainbridge.
(b) Hans Bethe.
(c) Alexander Feklisov.
(d) Robert Serber.

2. What nickname was Robert Oppenheimer given after the end of WWII?
(a) "The Savior of America."
(b) "The Martyr of the Greatest War."
(c) "The Father of the Atomic Bomb."
(d) "The Father of Hydrogen."

3. On what date did Japan surrender in World War II?
(a) August 15, 1945.
(b) March 13, 1945.
(c) June 2, 1945.
(d) September 3, 1945.

4. Who was the top army intelligence officer on the West Coast in June of 1943?
(a) General Brehon Somervell.
(b) Lt. Colonel John Wilson.
(c) Lt. Colonel Robert Serber.
(d) Lt. Colonel Boris Pash.

5. What code name was Enrico Fermi given at Los Alamos?
(a) Bob Wilson.
(b) Henry Stimson.
(c) Joe Stevenson.
(d) Henry Farmer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the original target for the bomb that was dropped over Nagasaki?

2. Who told Oppenheimer after his visit to San Francisco in June of 1943, "In the future, please avoid seeing your questionable friends"?

3. Why did Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt agree to combine their resources and work on atomic weapons in the United States?

4. What was the name of the Soviets' secret lab in the pine woods outside Moscow in 1943?

5. Who was Truman's Secretary of State in 1945?

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