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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12 "A Communication from Britain".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Hans Bethe go after his dismissal from Tubingen?
(a) Manchester.
(b) Princeton.
(c) Cambridge.
(d) Cornell.

2. What is the name of Bohr's wife?
(a) Susan.
(b) Helga.
(c) Sorena.
(d) Margrethe.

3. Who teaches Bohr about radiochemistry?
(a) John Karman.
(b) George de Hevesy.
(c) Ernest Rutherford.
(d) Eugene Wigner.

4. After Edward Teller becomes an American citizen and moves to Manhattan, his research involves what?
(a) The hydrogen bomb.
(b) The atomic bomb.
(c) A mass spectrometer.
(d) Radar.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who recruits Bohr for research in in radioactivity in Manchester?

2. When does the Third Reich promulgate its first anti-Jewish ordinance?

3. What does Bohr announce at a Washington conference in 1939?

4. What is Einstein's second wife's name?

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

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