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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 was Robert Oppenheimer born?
(a) December 11, 1910.
(b) November 1, 1914.
(c) May 22, 1908.
(d) April 22, 1904.

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

3. Where had Knut Haukelid been fighting the Germans in a resistance movement when he was met by British officers in "International Gangster School"?
(a) Italy.
(b) Austria.
(c) Norway.
(d) France.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were the FBI agents at Harry Gold's door in the Prologue to Bomb?

2. Where did Eugene Wigner and Leo Szilard find Albert Einstein in "Finding Einstein"?

3. Where did Robert Oppenheimer work as a theoretical physicist and professor of physics in the 1930s?

4. When did Robert Oppenheimer abandon his date in a car, according to the author in "Skinny Superhero"?

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

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