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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Adolf Hitler take over as Chancellor of Germany?
(a) 1931.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1933.
(d) 1919.

2. Who convinced Richard Feynman to join in the Los Alamos project?
(a) Henry Stimson.
(b) George Eltenton.
(c) Bob Wilson.
(d) John Wilson.

3. When was Robert Oppenheimer born?
(a) November 1, 1914.
(b) May 22, 1908.
(c) December 11, 1910.
(d) April 22, 1904.

4. How many neutrons are contained in the nucleus of a normal hydrogen atom?
(a) 4.
(b) 0.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

5. How old was Jens Poulsson when he was chosen as the leader of a special mission to attack the Vemork power plant?
(a) 24.
(b) 32.
(c) 19.
(d) 29.

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

7. Who was the British Colonel that relayed Poulsson's mission regarding the Vemork power plant?
(a) Colonel John Wilson.
(b) Colonel Scott Miller.
(c) Colonel Brehon Somervell.
(d) Colonel Richard Brennan.

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

9. Who was Robert Oppenheimer's date whom the author describes him abandoning in "Skinny Superhero"?
(a) Melba Phillips.
(b) Lise Meitner.
(c) Sarah Williams.
(d) Ruth Werner.

10. 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?
(a) Scott Miller.
(b) Henry Stimson.
(c) John Wilson.
(d) George Eltenton.

11. Where did Klaus Fuchs earn his PhD?
(a) The University of Bristol.
(b) The University of Chicago.
(c) The University of California, Berkeley.
(d) Zurich University.

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

13. What illness was responsible for Franklin Roosevelt's adult disability?
(a) Polio.
(b) Asthma.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Tuberculosis.

14. Where did Eugene Wigner and Leo Szilard find Albert Einstein in "Finding Einstein"?
(a) Peconic, New York.
(b) New Brunswick, New Jersey.
(c) Princeton, New Jersey.
(d) New Paltz, New York.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date did Hitler's Germany launch a massive invasion of Poland?

2. When did Adolf Hitler launch a four-million man invasion across the Soviet border, despite his agreements not to do so?

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

4. Where was Donald Hornig studying chemistry when he was offered a confidential job by his lab instructor?

5. How many years of evidence was Harry Gold racing to destroy in the Prologue?

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