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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Pilot" – "Hiroshima".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. That former partner did Otto Hahn write first when he first discovered that uranium atoms could be split, according to the author in "The U Business"?
(a) Robert Oppenheimer.
(b) Klaus Fuchs.
(c) Lise Meitner.
(d) Lewis Strauss.

2. What does the Army's "CIC" refer to?
(a) Cultural Intelligence Corps.
(b) Central-Intelligence Corps.
(c) Community Intelligence Cadets.
(d) Counter-Intelligence Corps.

3. How old was Harry Gold when World War II began?
(a) 26.
(b) 19.
(c) 28.
(d) 32.

4. What was the name of the ferry boat that the Germans were using to transport heavy water from the Vemork plant?
(a) The Phantom.
(b) The Tiger.
(c) The Hydro.
(d) The Vesper.

5. When did German forces capture Norway and Denmark during World War II?
(a) April, 1940.
(b) March, 1941.
(c) May, 1939.
(d) July, 1940.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Briggs Advisory Committee on Uranium hold its first meeting?

2. On what date did General Groves first meet Robert Oppenheimer?

3. On what date did Moe Berg attend Werner Heisenberg's lecture for the Alsos mission?

4. When did Franklin D. Roosevelt die?

5. How old was Colonel Leslie Groves when he was selected to oversee the bomb project?

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