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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. How far did the British plane drop Poulsson's team from their intended drop target on the Vemork mission?
(a) 100 miles away.
(b) 45 miles away.
(c) 10 miles away.
(d) 65 miles away.

2. Where was Knut Haukelid born?
(a) Paris, France.
(b) Chicago, Illinois.
(c) Oslo, Norway.
(d) Brooklyn, New York.

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

4. Where was Richard Feynman studying when he joined the Los Alamos project?
(a) Harvard University.
(b) Princeton University.
(c) The University of California, Berkeley.
(d) The University of Chicago.

5. How old was Jens Poulsson when he was chosen as the leader of a special mission to attack the Vemork power plant?
(a) 29.
(b) 32.
(c) 24.
(d) 19.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who informed Colonel Leslie Groves that he was selected for an important assignment in developing the atomic bomb?

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

3. Where was physicist Neils Bohr from?

4. 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"?

5. Who was Semyon Semyonov's KGB colleague that helped work with him to throw off the scent of the FBI, according to the author in "Rapid Rupture"?

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