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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 1910, Jews make up what percent of the Hungarian population?
(a) 5.
(b) 20.
(c) 10.
(d) 15.

2. What does Leo Szilard want to use as the moderator in the nuclear chain reaction?
(a) Heavy water.
(b) Water.
(c) Air.
(d) Carbon.

3. Who writes the letters to Roosevelt "sounding the alarm" about nuclear fission?
(a) Leo Szilard.
(b) Albert Einstein.
(c) Alexander Sachs.
(d) Gustav Stolper.

4. In the early 1900s, Budapest is the first European city to have what mode of transportation?
(a) Airplanes.
(b) Subway.
(c) Trains.
(d) Buses.

5. How many of the 20th century's most exceptional scientists, who go on to become involved in the atomic bomb, are produced by the Hungarian Jewish middle class?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Seven.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Russia begin work on its atomic bomb project?

2. When does World War II begin?

3. When does de Hevesy's entire family become ennobled?

4. Who becomes the first unconverted Jew ennobled since the Middle Ages?

5. Under whom is the German fission research consolidated?

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