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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Luis Alvarez.
(c) Alexander Feklisov.
(d) Alexander Sachs.

2. Near what town was the Vemork power plant located?
(a) Grimstad, Norway.
(b) Zurich, Switzerland.
(c) Rjukan, Norway.
(d) Haugesund, Norway.

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

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

5. When did Robert Oppenheimer graduate from Harvard University?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1931.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1925.

6. On what date did General Groves first meet Robert Oppenheimer?
(a) June 19, 1942.
(b) September 18, 1942.
(c) October 8, 1942.
(d) October 21, 1939.

7. What was the actual name of the training school nicknamed by the Germans as the "International Gangster School"?
(a) Special Training School No. 3.
(b) Werner Underground Training Facility.
(c) The Los Alamos Ranch School.
(d) MI-5.

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

9. How old was Colonel Leslie Groves when he was selected to oversee the bomb project?
(a) 39.
(b) 29.
(c) 46.
(d) 51.

10. Where were Eugene Wigner and Leo Szilard both born?
(a) Norway.
(b) Hungaria.
(c) Sweden.
(d) Switzerland.

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

12. Who informed Colonel Leslie Groves that he was selected for an important assignment in developing the atomic bomb?
(a) General Lewis Strauss.
(b) General Richard Brennan.
(c) General Scott Miller.
(d) General Brehon Somervell.

13. Where did Haukelid's training group go to attend parachute school?
(a) Norway.
(b) Canada.
(c) Scotland.
(d) Ireland.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the U.S. President in July of 1939?

2. Who informed Robert Oppenheimer about the German chemists finding the uranium could be split, according to the author in "The U Business"?

3. Where did Semyon Semyonov earn an engineering degree?

4. Where did Eugene Wigner and Leo Szilard find Albert Einstein in "Finding Einstein"?

5. What building had Colonel Leslie Groves overseen the construction of before he was selected to oversee the bomb project?

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