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

2. Who informed Robert Oppenheimer about the German chemists finding the uranium could be split, according to the author in "The U Business"?
(a) Richard Brennan.
(b) Derek Curtis-Bennett.
(c) Scott Miller.
(d) Luis Alvarez.

3. Where did Haukelid's training group go to attend parachute school?
(a) Canada.
(b) Scotland.
(c) Norway.
(d) Ireland.

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

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?
(a) Between 500 and 1,000 pounds.
(b) Between 100 and 150 pounds.
(c) Between 1,000 and 2,000 pounds.
(d) Between 10 and 1,000 pounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were Eugene Wigner and Leo Szilard both born?

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

3. Where did Harry Gold travel to deliver the lab information to Soviet spies, according to the author in "Tradecraft"?

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

5. Where was mathematician Stanislaw Ulam working when he was invited to a project for special war work?

(see the answer key)

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