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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the U.S. President in July of 1939?
(a) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(b) Theodore Roosevelt.
(c) Harry Truman.
(d) Dwight Eisenhower.

2. Who was General Lestlie Groves's top intelligence officer in late 1943?
(a) Colonel John Wilson.
(b) Major Robert Furman.
(c) General George Marshall.
(d) Lt. Colonel Boris Pash.

3. What was the population of Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 1943?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 30,000.
(c) 20,000.
(d) 40,000.

4. On what date was Albert Einstein's letter to the U.S. President warning of Germany's development of an atomic bomb delivered?
(a) November 1, 1939.
(b) September 1, 1939.
(c) October 11, 1939.
(d) April 22, 1938.

5. What was the name of the area at Los Alamos where Robert Oppenheimer lived?
(a) Desert Row.
(b) Classroom row.
(c) Clubhouse Row.
(d) Bathtub Row.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Robert Oppenheimer graduate from Harvard University?

2. Who was the contact in New York that Saville Sax delivered Ted Hall's notes to in late 1944?

3. Who was the chief of intelligenge of Japan's army in August of 1945?

4. Where was physicist Neils Bohr from?

5. What type of plane carried the bomb that was dropped over Nagasaki?

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