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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does S.O.E. stand for?
(a) Secret Operations Entity.
(b) Selective Operations Establishment.
(c) Special Operations Executive.
(d) Special Ordinance Elective.

2. Where was Robert Oppenheimer born and raised?
(a) Los Angeles, California.
(b) Zurich, Switzerland.
(c) New York, New York.
(d) Chicago, Illinois.

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

4. Why did Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt agree to combine their resources and work on atomic weapons in the United States?
(a) Because Britain was about to ally with Germany.
(b) Because Britain was under attack from German bombers.
(c) Because the United States had the advantage of top scientists.
(d) Because Britain was inundated with Soviet spies.

5. In what year did the FBI open a file on Robert Oppenheimer?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1938.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1950.

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

7. When General Groves first met with the Uranium Committee members in Chicago, how much uranium did they tell him it would take to make an atomic bomb?
(a) Between 1,000 and 2,000 pounds.
(b) Between 100 and 150 pounds.
(c) Between 10 and 1,000 pounds.
(d) Between 500 and 1,000 pounds.

8. 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) October 21, 1939.
(b) October 8, 1942.
(c) November 16, 1942.
(d) December 18, 1942.

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

10. On what date did Hitler's Germany launch a massive invasion of Poland?
(a) September 1, 1939.
(b) April 22, 1940.
(c) December 11, 1938.
(d) November 1, 1937.

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

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

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

14. 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"?
(a) Robert Oppenheimer.
(b) Alexander Sachs.
(c) Luis Alvarez.
(d) Alexander Feklisov.

15. Where was physicist Neils Bohr from?
(a) Norway.
(b) Denmark.
(c) Great Britain.
(d) Canada.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date did General Groves first meet Robert Oppenheimer?

2. Who delivered Albert Einstein's letter regarding the potential development of a German atomic bomb to the President of the United States?

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

4. Near what town was the Vemork power plant located?

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

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