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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Reaction Begins" – "Epilogue".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what hotel did Dorothy McKibben meet her potential employer to interview for a confidential job in March of 1943?
(a) The Quartz.
(b) Casa Lorena.
(c) La Fonda.
(d) The Four Seasons.

2. On what date did Japan surrender in World War II?
(a) June 2, 1945.
(b) March 13, 1945.
(c) August 15, 1945.
(d) September 3, 1945.

3. What does the "OSS" stand for?
(a) Office of Soviet Services.
(b) Office of Social Services.
(c) Office of Strategic Services.
(d) Office of Systems Services.

4. How old was Igor Kurchatov when he was put in charge of building a Soviet atomic weapon?
(a) 33.
(b) 35.
(c) 40.
(d) 51.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom did Knut Haukelid spend the winter in the mountains of Norway after the Vemork attack?

2. What was the name of the area at Los Alamos where Robert Oppenheimer lived?

3. Who was Japan's foreign minister in August of 1945?

4. On what date was the bomb dropped on Hiroshima?

5. On what date did Robert Oppenheimer officially resign as the director of Los Alamos?

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