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

2. What date is described in the Prologue of Bomb?
(a) May 22, 1950.
(b) November 1, 1952.
(c) September 18, 1951.
(d) July 12, 1945.

3. Where did Robert Oppenheimer work as a theoretical physicist and professor of physics in the 1930s?
(a) The University of Wisconsin.
(b) The University of Chicago.
(c) Princeton University.
(d) The University of California, Berkeley.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the actual name of the training school nicknamed by the Germans as the "International Gangster School"?

2. 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"?

3. When did the Briggs Advisory Committee on Uranium hold its first meeting?

4. When did Robert Oppenheimer abandon his date in a car, according to the author in "Skinny Superhero"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happened when the FBI searched Harry Gold’s room in the Prologue to Bomb?

5. What was the first mission that Haukelid and Poulsson were assigned after training?

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

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

8. How would you describe Robert Oppenheimer’s loyalty to the U.S. in his work for the Manhattan Project?

9. Who was chosen to be the scientific leader of the Manhattan Project in 1942? What reservations were expressed regarding this individual?

10. How are Robert Oppenheimer’s childhood and education described in “Skinny Superhero”?

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