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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 U.S. President in July of 1939?
2. Where was physicist Neils Bohr from?
3. How did Haukelid injure himself during a training exercise before the special mission he was selected for, according to the author in "International Gangster School"?
4. Where were Eugene Wigner and Leo Szilard both born?
5. Where had Knut Haukelid been fighting the Germans in a resistance movement when he was met by British officers in "International Gangster School"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was the name of the mission Haukelid and Poulsson set out on in February of 1943? How did they go about the mission?
2. What led to Harry Gold’s involvement in Soviet espionage? Who solicited Gold to inform for the Soviets?
3. Who were Zalmond Franklin and Clarence Hiskey and how did they contribute to Soviet espionage?
4. How was the compound at Los Alamos developed? Who came to the compound?
5. What happened when the FBI searched Harry Gold’s room in the Prologue to Bomb?
6. How does the author describe surveillance of Communists in the U.S. in “Rapid Rupture”?
7. What agreement was made between the U.S. President and British Prime Minister on June 19, 1942?
8. How is Robert Oppenheimer characterized as a professor in “Skinny Superhero”?
9. How did the KGB feel about Robert Oppenheimer and his position at the Manhattan Project?
10. How is Knut Haukelid described in the narrative? Where was he trained?
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 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?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and discuss Colonel Carl Eifler’s involvement in the Manhattan Project. What mission was Eifler given? Why was he replaced in this mission? How did he respond to being replaced?
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