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

2. How old was Harry Gold when World War II began?
(a) 26.
(b) 32.
(c) 28.
(d) 19.

3. Where was Franklin Roosevelt's family home?
(a) Oxford, Mississippi.
(b) Hyde Park, New York.
(c) Passaic, New Jersey.
(d) Cambridge, Massachusetts.

4. What was the actual name of the training school nicknamed by the Germans as the "International Gangster School"?
(a) Werner Underground Training Facility.
(b) Special Training School No. 3.
(c) The Los Alamos Ranch School.
(d) MI-5.

5. Prior to the development of the atomic bomb, where did the largest man-made explosion in history occur?
(a) Augusta Bay, Alaska.
(b) Paris, France.
(c) Zurich, Switzerland.
(d) Halifax Harbor, Canada.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Robert Oppenheimer when he first voted in a presidential election?

2. How many neutrons are contained in the nucleus of a normal hydrogen atom?

3. Where was mathematician Stanislaw Ulam working when he was invited to a project for special war work?

4. What was Poulsson's answer to the pre-arranged security question, "What did you see walking down the Strand in the early hours of January 1, 1941?"

5. What alias did Ruth Werner use in Oxford, England?

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