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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. Who is Alexander Sachs?
(a) A personal friend of Roosevelt.
(b) A professor.
(c) A financier.
(d) A scientist.

2. When does Isador Isaac Rabi become a Nobel laureate in physics?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1944.

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

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

5. By 1920, Jews make up what percent of Hungary's financiers?
(a) 60.
(b) 40.
(c) 20.
(d) 80.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the early 1900's, who do the Jewish commercial elite ally with, creating a large class of ennobled Jews?

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

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

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

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

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