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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) October 21, 1939.
(b) September 1, 1939.
(c) October 11, 1939.
(d) May 22, 1940.

2. From where did Poulsson's team order skis and boots prior to their mission at the Vemork power plant?
(a) Switzerland.
(b) Canada.
(c) Iceland.
(d) The United States.

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

4. Where did Klaus Fuchs earn his PhD?
(a) The University of California, Berkeley.
(b) Zurich University.
(c) The University of Bristol.
(d) The University of Chicago.

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"?
(a) Alexander Sachs.
(b) Luis Alvarez.
(c) Alexander Feklisov.
(d) Robert Oppenheimer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the British Colonel that relayed Poulsson's mission regarding the Vemork power plant?

2. Who informed Robert Oppenheimer about the German chemists finding the uranium could be split, according to the author in "The U Business"?

3. What was the actual name of the training school nicknamed by the Germans as the "International Gangster School"?

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. Where was Richard Feynman studying when he joined the Los Alamos project?

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