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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 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?
(a) Between 1,000 and 2,000 pounds.
(b) Between 500 and 1,000 pounds.
(c) Between 10 and 1,000 pounds.
(d) Between 100 and 150 pounds.

2. On what date did Robert Oppenheimer and Leslie Groves first visit the Los Alamos Ranch School to examine it as a site for testing?
(a) December 18, 1942.
(b) October 21, 1939.
(c) November 16, 1942.
(d) October 8, 1942.

3. Who delivered Albert Einstein's letter regarding the potential development of a German atomic bomb to the President of the United States?
(a) Alexander Sachs.
(b) Luis Alvarez.
(c) Scott Miller.
(d) Robert Oppenheimer.

4. When did the Briggs Advisory Committee on Uranium hold its first meeting?
(a) October 11, 1939.
(b) October 21, 1939.
(c) May 22, 1940.
(d) September 1, 1939.

5. Who was the U.S. President in July of 1939?
(a) Theodore Roosevelt.
(b) Harry Truman.
(c) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(d) Dwight Eisenhower.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many neutrons are contained in the nucleus of a normal hydrogen atom?

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

3. Who was the British Colonel that relayed Poulsson's mission regarding the Vemork power plant?

4. On what date was the meeting between Roosevelt and Churchill in the opening of "On the Cliff"?

5. What illness was responsible for Franklin Roosevelt's adult disability?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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