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

2. Where was Robert Oppenheimer born and raised?
(a) Zurich, Switzerland.
(b) Chicago, Illinois.
(c) Los Angeles, California.
(d) New York, New York.

3. 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) "Two dogs in a boat."
(b) "A beaver on a dam."
(c) "Three pink elephants."
(d) "A tank rolling down the street."

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

5. What illness was responsible for Franklin Roosevelt's adult disability?
(a) Asthma.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Polio.
(d) Tuberculosis.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Robert Oppenheimer born?

2. Where did Semyon Semyonov earn an engineering degree?

3. Where was Knut Haukelid born?

4. When was Ruth Werner sent to Britain to set up a network of informants to the Soviet Union?

5. Upon landing on the Vemork mission, how long did Poulsson tell his team they had to "reconnoiter the plant, get information on the German guards, and check on the landing site"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How was the compound at Los Alamos developed? Who came to the compound?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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