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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 gets Enrico Fermi a meeting with Admiral Hooper, the Undersecretary of the Navy?
(a) Leo Szilard.
(b) Vannevar Bush.
(c) George Pegram.
(d) Andrew Lawrence.

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

3. Under whom is the German fission research consolidated?
(a) Hans Geiger.
(b) The Kaiser Wilhelm Institute.
(c) Otto Hahn.
(d) The War Office.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the early 1900s, Budapest is the first European city to have what mode of transportation?

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

3. 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?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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