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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. On what date did Robert Oppenheimer and Leslie Groves first visit the Los Alamos Ranch School to examine it as a site for testing?
2. Who was the British Colonel that relayed Poulsson's mission regarding the Vemork power plant?
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?"
4. On what date was the meeting between Roosevelt and Churchill in the opening of "On the Cliff"?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who was Lise Meitner and what role did she play in the discovery of nuclear fission?
2. What was the name of the mission Haukelid and Poulsson set out on in February of 1943? How did they go about the mission?
3. What led to Harry Gold’s involvement in Soviet espionage? Who solicited Gold to inform for the Soviets?
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 first mission that Haukelid and Poulsson were assigned after training?
6. Describe Otto Hahn’s experiment in December of 1938. What was discovered in Hahn’s experiment?
7. How is Robert Oppenheimer characterized as a professor in “Skinny Superhero”?
8. How was the compound at Los Alamos developed? Who came to the compound?
9. What was the situation with the Vemork plant in February of 1943?
10. How did Robert Oppenheimer come to learn about Otto Hahn’s work in Germany?
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
Discuss the development of the world’s first atomic weapon from its origin in Otto Hahn’s discovery of nuclear fission. What experiment did Hahn conduct? How did this experiment lead up to “Fat Man” and “Little Boy”?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and discuss the development at Los Alamos. How many scientists resided at the compound that was built there? What resources were available for their research? Why was this location selected?
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