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

2. 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) June, 1941.
(c) April, 1940.
(d) July, 1940.

3. That former partner did Otto Hahn write first when he first discovered that uranium atoms could be split, according to the author in "The U Business"?
(a) Robert Oppenheimer.
(b) Lise Meitner.
(c) Klaus Fuchs.
(d) Lewis Strauss.

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

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

Short Answer 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"?

2. How old was Harry Gold when World War II began?

3. When was Harry Gold born?

4. Where was mathematician Stanislaw Ulam working when he was invited to a project for special war work?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Robert Oppenheimer come to learn about Otto Hahn’s work in Germany?

3. How does the author describe surveillance of Communists in the U.S. in “Rapid Rupture”?

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

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

6. What was the name of the mission Haukelid and Poulsson set out on in February of 1943? How did they go about the mission?

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

8. What led the Soviets to believe that the United States was making progress toward atomic weaponry, according to the author in “Enormoz”?

9. Who were Zalmond Franklin and Clarence Hiskey and how did they contribute to Soviet espionage?

10. How did Colonel Groves respond when his candidate for the leader of the Manhattan Project did not pass an army physical?

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