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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. What building had Colonel Leslie Groves overseen the construction of before he was selected to oversee the bomb project?
(a) The Pentagon.
(b) The White House.
(c) The U.S. Senate Chambers.
(d) The World Trade Center.

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

3. How much did Robert Oppenheimer weigh when he underwent an army physical prior to being appointed to the Manhattan Project?
(a) 115 pounds.
(b) 128 pounds.
(c) 150 pounds.
(d) 136 pounds.

4. Who was Robert Oppenheimer's date whom the author describes him abandoning in "Skinny Superhero"?
(a) Lise Meitner.
(b) Sarah Williams.
(c) Ruth Werner.
(d) Melba Phillips.

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

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

3. Where did Robert Oppenheimer work as a theoretical physicist and professor of physics in the 1930s?

4. Where did Harry Gold travel to deliver the lab information to Soviet spies, according to the author in "Tradecraft"?

5. Who were the FBI agents at Harry Gold's door in the Prologue to Bomb?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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