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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Robert Oppenheimer abandon his date in a car, according to the author in "Skinny Superhero"?
(a) March, 1932.
(b) September, 1933.
(c) July, 1941.
(d) February, 1934.

2. 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.

3. Where was mathematician Stanislaw Ulam working when he was invited to a project for special war work?
(a) Harvard University.
(b) The University of Wisconsin.
(c) Princeton University.
(d) The Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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

5. Where did Harry Gold travel to deliver the lab information to Soviet spies, according to the author in "Tradecraft"?
(a) Jersey City.
(b) Newark.
(c) New York.
(d) Philadelphia.

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

7. When was Ruth Werner sent to Britain to set up a network of informants to the Soviet Union?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1942.

8. When was Harry Gold born?
(a) March 29, 1908.
(b) July 7, 1917.
(c) May 22, 1915.
(d) December 11, 1910.

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

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

11. How many years of evidence was Harry Gold racing to destroy in the Prologue?
(a) 20 years of evidence.
(b) 17 years of evidence.
(c) 12 years of evidence.
(d) 4 years of evidence.

12. On what date was the meeting between Roosevelt and Churchill in the opening of "On the Cliff"?
(a) December 11, 1941.
(b) May 22, 1943.
(c) October 21, 1939.
(d) June 19, 1942.

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

14. What political party did Tom Black pressure Harry Gold to join?
(a) The Democratic Party.
(b) The Labor Party.
(c) The Communist Party.
(d) The Republican Party.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Colonel Leslie Groves when he was selected to oversee the bomb project?

2. What does "blitzkrieg" translate to in English?

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

4. 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"?

5. Where were Eugene Wigner and Leo Szilard both born?

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