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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On what date did General Leslie Groves take command of the Manhattan Project?

3. On what date did Robert Oppenheimer and Leslie Groves first visit the Los Alamos Ranch School to examine it as a site for testing?

4. Where did Klaus Fuchs earn his PhD?

5. How far did the British plane drop Poulsson's team from their intended drop target on the Vemork mission?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Colonel Groves respond when his candidate for the leader of the Manhattan Project did not pass an army physical?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What led to Robert Oppenheimer’s interest and involvement in politics?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Richard Feynman’s role with the Manhattan Project. Why was Feynman considered a troublemaker? What assignment was he given in Oak Ridge, Tennessee? How did he go about fulfilling his objective?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the first meeting of the scientists at Los Alamos. Who led the meeting? What was discussed? Who was present? What new ideas emerged during this conference?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the impacts of the Manhattan Project today. What is the status of the United States’ nuclear weapons program? What finally brought about an end to the Cold War? What are the repercussions seen today due to the development of the atomic bomb? Do you think it was worth it? Why or why not?

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