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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 contact in New York that Saville Sax delivered Ted Hall's notes to in late 1944?

2. Who was Stalin's head of secret police in late 1944?

3. What physicist was the scientific head of the Alsos mission?

4. Who was the leader of Hitler's bomb project during WWII?

5. Whose idea was it initially for the Americans to kidnap Werner Heisenberg?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What preparations were made prior to the testing of the first nuclear weapon?

3. What information was passed to the KGB via Ted Hall and Saville Sax in December of 1944?

4. How is the death of President Franklin Roosevelt described in “Falling Stars”?

5. How were the water barrels being transported from the Vemork plant in February of 1944? What was Haukelid’s mission?

6. How did the name “The Gadget” arise?

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

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

9. How and why did the plot to kidnap Werner Heisenberg arise?

10. What was the objective of the Alsos mission with Heisenberg?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss Knut Haukelid’s childhood, education, and career. How was Haukelid involved in the nuclear arms race during WWII? What training did Haukelid receive? In what ways were his missions different than others in armed combat?

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

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?

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