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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. When did Robert Oppenheimer graduate from Harvard University?

2. Where did Eugene Wigner and Leo Szilard find Albert Einstein in "Finding Einstein"?

3. Where was Donald Hornig studying chemistry when he was offered a confidential job by his lab instructor?

4. Where did Semyon Semyonov earn an engineering degree?

5. In what year did the FBI open a file on Robert Oppenheimer?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How is Knut Haukelid described in the narrative? Where was he trained?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What led Klaus Fuchs to inform to the Soviets during World War II? Where was Fuchs born? What were his political views? What happened to Fuchs after the war ended?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the effects of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. How many structures were damaged as a result of the blast? How many people were killed, both immediately and as a result of radiation poisoning? What impact did this attack have on the public’s perception of atomic weapons?

Essay Topic 3

Describe “Operation Gunnerside.” Who was involved in this mission? Where did the mission take place? What were the objectives of the mission? Were these objectives met?

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