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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 Eugene Wigner and Leo Szilard find Albert Einstein in "Finding Einstein"?

2. Where did Klaus Fuchs earn his PhD?

3. When did Adolf Hitler launch a four-million man invasion across the Soviet border, despite his agreements not to do so?

4. How many neutrons are contained in the nucleus of a normal hydrogen atom?

5. How old was Jens Poulsson when he was chosen as the leader of a special mission to attack the Vemork power plant?

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

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

4. What were the results of Enrico Fermi’s experiments at the University of Chicago?

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

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

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

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

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

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 significance of Enrico Fermi’s Chicago Pile-1. What were the objectives of Fermi’s experiment? What were the results? How did these results contribute to the Manhattan Project?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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