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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. When does Niels Bohr escape from Stockholm to Scotland?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1943.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1942.

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

3. What theory or principle does Albert Einstein not accept?
(a) The uncertainty principle.
(b) Quantum mechanics.
(c) The relativity theory.
(d) Complementarity.

4. When does the first meeting of the U.S. Advisory Committee on Uranium meet?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1933.

5. How much money does Leo Szilard ask the Uranium Committee for?
(a) $20,000.
(b) $10,000.
(c) $16,000.
(d) $6,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1910, Jews make up what percent of the Hungarian population?

2. In 1939, who is pursuing atomic research in Germany?

3. What does Leo Szilard want to use as the moderator in the nuclear chain reaction?

4. What can Von Karman do at age six that show he is a prodigy?

5. Why do the Jewish scientists leave Hungary?

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