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

2. Where had Knut Haukelid been fighting the Germans in a resistance movement when he was met by British officers in "International Gangster School"?
(a) Italy.
(b) Norway.
(c) France.
(d) Austria.

3. What building had Colonel Leslie Groves overseen the construction of before he was selected to oversee the bomb project?
(a) The White House.
(b) The U.S. Senate Chambers.
(c) The World Trade Center.
(d) The Pentagon.

4. How many years of evidence was Harry Gold racing to destroy in the Prologue?
(a) 12 years of evidence.
(b) 4 years of evidence.
(c) 17 years of evidence.
(d) 20 years of evidence.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Harry Gold travel to deliver the lab information to Soviet spies, according to the author in "Tradecraft"?

3. Where did Semyon Semyonov earn an engineering degree?

4. Who was Robert Oppenheimer's date whom the author describes him abandoning in "Skinny Superhero"?

5. Upon landing on the Vemork mission, how long did Poulsson tell his team they had to "reconnoiter the plant, get information on the German guards, and check on the landing site"?

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