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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. 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 arm.
(b) He shot himself in the foot.
(c) He almost drowned in a river.
(d) He broke his arm climbing a fence.

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

3. Why did Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt agree to combine their resources and work on atomic weapons in the United States?
(a) Because Britain was inundated with Soviet spies.
(b) Because the United States had the advantage of top scientists.
(c) Because Britain was under attack from German bombers.
(d) Because Britain was about to ally with Germany.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Donald Hornig studying chemistry when he was offered a confidential job by his lab instructor?

2. In what year did Adolf Hitler annex Austria into his German Empire?

3. Where was physicist Neils Bohr from?

4. How many years of evidence was Harry Gold racing to destroy in the Prologue?

5. What does "blitzkrieg" translate to in English?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is Robert Oppenheimer characterized as a professor in “Skinny Superhero”?

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

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

6. Describe Otto Hahn’s experiment in December of 1938. What was discovered in Hahn’s experiment?

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

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

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

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

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