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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. What does "blitzkrieg" translate to in English?

2. Where was Franklin Roosevelt's family home?

3. When was Ruth Werner sent to Britain to set up a network of informants to the Soviet Union?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Robert Oppenheimer characterized as a professor in “Skinny Superhero”?

2. How did the KGB feel about Robert Oppenheimer and his position at the Manhattan Project?

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

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

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

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

7. What led the Soviets to believe that the United States was making progress toward atomic weaponry, according to the author in “Enormoz”?

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

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

10. Who was chosen to be the scientific leader of the Manhattan Project in 1942? What reservations were expressed regarding this individual?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the events and alliances of World War II from September 1, 1939 through January of 1941. What was the United States’ position regarding the war? What was the position of the Soviet Union? Who were Hitler’s allies?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the objectives of the Alsos mission after the surrender of Germany. What was done in regard to the German physicists and scientists? Why? Do you think that this mission was effective?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Theodore Hall and his involvement with the Manhattan Project. How did Hall become involved with Soviet espionage? What information did Hall leak to the Soviets? What became of Hall after the war?

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