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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. When did Adolf Hitler launch a four-million man invasion across the Soviet border, despite his agreements not to do so?
(a) May, 1939.
(b) April, 1940.
(c) June, 1941.
(d) July, 1940.

4. How old was Harry Gold when World War II began?
(a) 19.
(b) 32.
(c) 28.
(d) 26.

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

6. What does "blitzkrieg" translate to in English?
(a) "Atomic war."
(b) "Ghost war."
(c) "Lighting war."
(d) "Secret war."

7. Why was the Manhattan Project given this code name?
(a) Because Manhattan was the name of the man who developed the bomb.
(b) Because "Manhattan" was code for "bomb."
(c) Because its initial offices were in Manhattan.
(d) Because the first atomic tests were to be performed in Manhattan.

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

9. How did Haukelid injure himself during a training exercise before the special mission he was selected for, according to the author in "International Gangster School"?
(a) He shot himself in the foot.
(b) He almost drowned in a river.
(c) He broke his arm climbing a fence.
(d) He shot himself in the arm.

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

11. Where was Franklin Roosevelt's family home?
(a) Oxford, Mississippi.
(b) Hyde Park, New York.
(c) Passaic, New Jersey.
(d) Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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

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

14. When did German forces capture Norway and Denmark during World War II?
(a) April, 1940.
(b) May, 1939.
(c) July, 1940.
(d) March, 1941.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt agree to combine their resources and work on atomic weapons in the United States?

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

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

5. How old was Robert Oppenheimer when he first voted in a presidential election?

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