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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. To where did Knut Haukelid take a train following the bombing of the ferry carrying heavy water from the Vemork plant?

2. What was Moe Berg's profession prior to his work for the OSS in World War II?

3. What official statement was released regarding the blast from the plutonium bomb test at Los Alamos?

4. What was the name of the area at Los Alamos where Robert Oppenheimer lived?

5. With whom did Knut Haukelid spend the winter in the mountains of Norway after the Vemork attack?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where were the German scientists taken after the end of World War II in Europe?

2. Who was William Laurence? Why was he in attendance at the Trinity Test?

3. How did the residents in the surrounding areas of Los Alamos react to the project there when it began?

4. What did Oppenheimer expect to happen to the Manhattan Project after Germany’s surrender? Was he correct?

5. How are the results of the Trinity Test described in the narrative?

6. What was Dorothy McKibben’s job description at Los Alamos? What were her duties?

7. Who was Dorothy McKibben? How did she gain employment on the Manhattan Project?

8. What questions did Harry Truman pose regarding the Manhattan Project in 1945?

9. What was Richard Feynman’s mission in Oak Ridge, Tennessee?

10. With whom was Carl Eifler replaced in the mission regarding Heisenberg? Why was he replaced?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the education and career of Igor Kurchatov. What was Kurchatov’s position in the Soviet Union during World War II? What developments occurred through Kurchatov?

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

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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