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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Skinny Superhero" – "Enormoz".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Semyon Semyonov earn an engineering degree?
(a) Harvard University.
(b) The Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
(c) The University of California, Berkeley.
(d) The University of New York.

2. When did Robert Oppenheimer abandon his date in a car, according to the author in "Skinny Superhero"?
(a) March, 1932.
(b) February, 1934.
(c) July, 1941.
(d) September, 1933.

3. In what year did Adolf Hitler annex Austria into his German Empire?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1936.
(c) 1938.
(d) 1940.

4. When was Harry Gold born?
(a) May 22, 1915.
(b) July 7, 1917.
(c) December 11, 1910.
(d) March 29, 1908.

5. Who delivered Albert Einstein's letter regarding the potential development of a German atomic bomb to the President of the United States?
(a) Alexander Sachs.
(b) Luis Alvarez.
(c) Robert Oppenheimer.
(d) Scott Miller.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did the FBI open a file on Robert Oppenheimer?

2. When did the Briggs Advisory Committee on Uranium hold its first meeting?

3. Who informed Robert Oppenheimer about the German chemists finding the uranium could be split, according to the author in "The U Business"?

4. When did Adolf Hitler take over as Chancellor of Germany?

5. How old was Harry Gold when World War II began?

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