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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Semyon Semyonov earn an engineering degree?
(a) The University of New York.
(b) The Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) The University of California, Berkeley.

2. What building had Colonel Leslie Groves overseen the construction of before he was selected to oversee the bomb project?
(a) The U.S. Senate Chambers.
(b) The White House.
(c) The Pentagon.
(d) The World Trade Center.

3. What is the atomic number of uranium?
(a) 180.
(b) 96.
(c) 72.
(d) 92.

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

5. How far was Oppeneheimer's bomb shelter from the blast site for the testing of the plutonium bomb?
(a) 6 miles away.
(b) 10 miles away.
(c) 2 miles away.
(d) 20 miles away.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Klaus Fuchs sail for America to join the Manhattan Project?

2. Where did Samuel Goudsmit corner physicist Walther Bothe in February of 1945?

3. Who was the Secretary of War that wrote to the school director of the Los Alamos Ranch School to inform him of its acquirement for military purposes?

4. Who was the U.S. President in July of 1939?

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

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