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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. When did the Briggs Advisory Committee on Uranium hold its first meeting?
(a) September 1, 1939.
(b) October 21, 1939.
(c) October 11, 1939.
(d) May 22, 1940.

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

3. When was Ruth Werner sent to Britain to set up a network of informants to the Soviet Union?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1942.

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

5. 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 inundated with Soviet spies.
(b) Because the United States had the advantage of top scientists.
(c) Because Britain was under attack from German bombers.
(d) Because Britain was about to ally with Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Haukelid's training group go to attend parachute school?

2. What illness was responsible for Franklin Roosevelt's adult disability?

3. Who delivered Albert Einstein's letter regarding the potential development of a German atomic bomb to the President of the United States?

4. What is the atomic number of uranium?

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

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