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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) John Wilson.
(c) Henry Stimson.
(d) George Eltenton.

2. How much did Robert Oppenheimer weigh when he underwent an army physical prior to being appointed to the Manhattan Project?
(a) 136 pounds.
(b) 128 pounds.
(c) 115 pounds.
(d) 150 pounds.

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

4. Where did Harry Gold live when he was questioned by the FBI in the Prologue?
(a) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
(b) New York, New York.
(c) Chicago, Illinois.
(d) San Diego, California.

5. Upon landing on the Vemork mission, how long did Poulsson tell his team they had to "reconnoiter the plant, get information on the German guards, and check on the landing site"?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 1 week.
(c) 4 weeks.
(d) 6 weeks.

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

7. How old was Robert Oppenheimer when he first voted in a presidential election?
(a) 41.
(b) 26.
(c) 32.
(d) 36.

8. 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.

9. On what date did Robert Oppenheimer and Leslie Groves first visit the Los Alamos Ranch School to examine it as a site for testing?
(a) December 18, 1942.
(b) November 16, 1942.
(c) October 8, 1942.
(d) October 21, 1939.

10. Where did Robert Oppenheimer work as a theoretical physicist and professor of physics in the 1930s?
(a) Princeton University.
(b) The University of California, Berkeley.
(c) The University of Wisconsin.
(d) The University of Chicago.

11. Where was Richard Feynman studying when he joined the Los Alamos project?
(a) Princeton University.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) The University of Chicago.
(d) The University of California, Berkeley.

12. How far did the British plane drop Poulsson's team from their intended drop target on the Vemork mission?
(a) 10 miles away.
(b) 100 miles away.
(c) 65 miles away.
(d) 45 miles away.

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

14. Where was Donald Hornig studying chemistry when he was offered a confidential job by his lab instructor?
(a) Princeton University.
(b) The University of California, Berkeley.
(c) The University of Chicago.
(d) Harvard University.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date was Albert Einstein's letter to the U.S. President warning of Germany's development of an atomic bomb delivered?

2. Who was Semyon Semyonov's KGB colleague that helped work with him to throw off the scent of the FBI, according to the author in "Rapid Rupture"?

3. When did Adolf Hitler take over as Chancellor of Germany?

4. What date is described in the Prologue of Bomb?

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

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