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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. Where was Donald Hornig studying chemistry when he was offered a confidential job by his lab instructor?
(a) Princeton University.
(b) The University of Chicago.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) The University of California, Berkeley.

2. Who informed Colonel Leslie Groves that he was selected for an important assignment in developing the atomic bomb?
(a) General Lewis Strauss.
(b) General Brehon Somervell.
(c) General Richard Brennan.
(d) General Scott Miller.

3. What was the actual name of the training school nicknamed by the Germans as the "International Gangster School"?
(a) MI-5.
(b) Werner Underground Training Facility.
(c) The Los Alamos Ranch School.
(d) Special Training School No. 3.

4. What was Poulsson's answer to the pre-arranged security question, "What did you see walking down the Strand in the early hours of January 1, 1941?"
(a) "A beaver on a dam."
(b) "A tank rolling down the street."
(c) "Three pink elephants."
(d) "Two dogs in a boat."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What alias did Ruth Werner use in Oxford, England?

2. Prior to the development of the atomic bomb, where did the largest man-made explosion in history occur?

3. 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?

4. When did German forces capture Norway and Denmark during World War II?

5. 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"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What led to Franklin Roosevelt’s discovery of German atomic research? Who wrote to the President and what was suggested?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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