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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15 "Different Animals".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the early 1900's, who do the Jewish commercial elite ally with, creating a large class of ennobled Jews?
(a) Old Hungarian nobility.
(b) Other European commercial groups.
(c) German nobility.
(d) Government bureaucracy.

2. Who becomes the first unconverted Jew ennobled since the Middle Ages?
(a) Karman.
(b) de Hevesy.
(c) Polanyi.
(d) Schossberger.

3. Who reorganizes the Hungarian school system along German lines?
(a) Von Neumann.
(b) Mor Karman.
(c) Michael Polanyi.
(d) Eugene Wigner.

4. To what does the nickname Dogpatch refer?
(a) Oak Ridge facility.
(b) Los Alamos.
(c) Berkeley.
(d) Hanford facility.

5. What is the rumor that circulates regarding the 20th century Hungarian Jewish scientists?
(a) They are not all Hungarians.
(b) They are specially trained from birth.
(c) They are visitors from Mars.
(d) They are related.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the early 1900s, Budapest is the first European city to have what mode of transportation?

2. When does World War II begin?

3. What company provides contracted employees to operate the Oak Ridge facility?

4. Why do the Jewish scientists leave Hungary?

5. In 1939, who is President of Carnegie Institute and is reluctant to invest in chain-reaction experiments?

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