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

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

3. 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?"
(a) "Three pink elephants."
(b) "A beaver on a dam."
(c) "Two dogs in a boat."
(d) "A tank rolling down the street."

4. Where were Eugene Wigner and Leo Szilard both born?
(a) Norway.
(b) Sweden.
(c) Switzerland.
(d) Hungaria.

5. How many neutrons are contained in the nucleus of a normal hydrogen atom?
(a) 0.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Ruth Werner sent to Britain to set up a network of informants to the Soviet Union?

2. When was Harry Gold born?

3. Where was Robert Oppenheimer born and raised?

4. Why did Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt agree to combine their resources and work on atomic weapons in the United States?

5. Where was Franklin Roosevelt's family home?

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