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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "On the Cliff" – "High Concentration".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What political party did Tom Black pressure Harry Gold to join?
(a) The Labor Party.
(b) The Democratic Party.
(c) The Communist Party.
(d) The Republican Party.

2. Near what town was the Vemork power plant located?
(a) Grimstad, Norway.
(b) Rjukan, Norway.
(c) Zurich, Switzerland.
(d) Haugesund, Norway.

3. Why did Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt agree to combine their resources and work on atomic weapons in the United States?
(a) Because Britain was about to ally with Germany.
(b) Because the United States had the advantage of top scientists.
(c) Because Britain was inundated with Soviet spies.
(d) Because Britain was under attack from German bombers.

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

5. How old was Colonel Leslie Groves when he was selected to oversee the bomb project?
(a) 46.
(b) 51.
(c) 39.
(d) 29.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Adolf Hitler annex Austria into his German Empire?

2. Where was Robert Oppenheimer born and raised?

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

4. Why was the Manhattan Project given this code name?

5. Where was physicist Neils Bohr from?

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