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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where did Tom Black arrange for Harry Gold to take a job in Jersey City in 1933?
(a) At a butcher shop.
(b) At a telegram office.
(c) At a print shop.
(d) At a soap factory.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Jens Poulsson when he was chosen as the leader of a special mission to attack the Vemork power plant?

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

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

4. 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?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the KGB feel about Robert Oppenheimer and his position at the Manhattan Project?

2. What was the outcome of Haukelid and Poulsson’s mission in February of 1943?

3. How is Knut Haukelid described in the narrative? Where was he trained?

4. What agreement was made between the U.S. President and British Prime Minister on June 19, 1942?

5. Who was Lise Meitner and what role did she play in the discovery of nuclear fission?

6. What was the situation with the Vemork plant in February of 1943?

7. What led to Robert Oppenheimer’s interest and involvement in politics?

8. How was the compound at Los Alamos developed? Who came to the compound?

9. What were the results of Enrico Fermi’s experiments at the University of Chicago?

10. What led to Harry Gold’s involvement in Soviet espionage? Who solicited Gold to inform for the Soviets?

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