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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. Where did Eugene Wigner and Leo Szilard find Albert Einstein in "Finding Einstein"?
(a) Princeton, New Jersey.
(b) New Brunswick, New Jersey.
(c) Peconic, New York.
(d) New Paltz, New York.

2. When was Harry Gold born?
(a) July 7, 1917.
(b) May 22, 1915.
(c) March 29, 1908.
(d) December 11, 1910.

3. Who convinced Richard Feynman to join in the Los Alamos project?
(a) John Wilson.
(b) George Eltenton.
(c) Henry Stimson.
(d) Bob Wilson.

4. In what year did the FBI open a file on Robert Oppenheimer?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1939.

5. On what date did General Groves first meet Robert Oppenheimer?
(a) October 21, 1939.
(b) June 19, 1942.
(c) October 8, 1942.
(d) September 18, 1942.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Tom Black arrange for Harry Gold to take a job in Jersey City in 1933?

2. 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"?

3. Where was Franklin Roosevelt's family home?

4. How far did the British plane drop Poulsson's team from their intended drop target on the Vemork mission?

5. When General Groves first met with the Uranium Committee members in Chicago, how much uranium did they tell him it would take to make an atomic bomb?

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