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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. Who was the Secretary of War that wrote to the school director of the Los Alamos Ranch School to inform him of its acquirement for military purposes?

2. Why did Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt agree to combine their resources and work on atomic weapons in the United States?

3. What does "blitzkrieg" translate to in English?

4. Who convinced Richard Feynman to join in the Los Alamos project?

5. Where was Franklin Roosevelt's family home?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How would you describe Robert Oppenheimer’s loyalty to the U.S. in his work for the Manhattan Project?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the Trinity Test. When did this test occur? Who was present, and where were the observers located? How was the test recorded? What were the results of the test?

Essay Topic 2

Who was Colonel Paul Tibbets and how was he involved in the Manhattan Project? What was Tibbets’s history and skill level? What was the mission Tibbets was given?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Robert Oppenheimer’s childhood, education, and career. How did Oppenheimer become involved in the Manhattan Project? What was his role in the project? How does the author characterize Oppenheimer in the narrative?

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