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

2. What can Von Karman do at age six that show he is a prodigy?
(a) Multiply six figure numbers in his head.
(b) Recite the periodic table.
(c) Write equations.
(d) Read science books.

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

4. When does Russia begin work on its atomic bomb project?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1941.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1940.

5. When does World War II begin?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1931.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1934.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what state is the Hanford facility located?

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

3. Who is Alexander Sachs?

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

5. In 1939, who does Leo Szilard want to prevent from learning about nuclear fission?

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