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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 1939, who is President of Carnegie Institute and is reluctant to invest in chain-reaction experiments?
(a) Andrew Carnegie.
(b) Vannevar Bush.
(c) George Bush.
(d) Isador Rabi.

2. What company provides contracted employees to operate the Oak Ridge facility?
(a) IBM.
(b) Eastman Kodak.
(c) Boeing.
(d) DuPont.

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

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

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) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Seven.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who writes the letters to Roosevelt "sounding the alarm" about nuclear fission?

2. Who gets Enrico Fermi a meeting with Admiral Hooper, the Undersecretary of the Navy?

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

4. When does the first meeting of the U.S. Advisory Committee on Uranium meet?

5. Who is Alexander Sachs?

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