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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. What is Einstein's second wife's name?
(a) Hannah.
(b) Elsa.
(c) Greta.
(d) Miriam.

2. What does Frisch call the division process of the nucleus?
(a) Splitting.
(b) Fission.
(c) Bombardment.
(d) Fusion.

3. Who is the author of "Mein Kempf"?
(a) Adolf Hitler.
(b) Adolphus von Brogan.
(c) The czarist secret police.
(d) Eugene Wigner.

4. What is the subject of the patent Leo Szilard gives to Lewis Strass as a memorial to Strauss' parents?
(a) Solar energy.
(b) Refrigeration.
(c) Production of radioactive cobalt.
(d) Nucelar chain reaction.

5. Who provides Lise Meitner a grant to continue experimenting?
(a) Neils Bohr.
(b) Princeton Foundation.
(c) Lewis Strauss.
(d) Nobel Foundation.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the U.S. Uranium Committee meet to reorganize work on the atomic bomb?

2. A part of what country does Neville Chamberlain and Hitler agree should be ceded to Germany?

3. The title of this chapter comes from what philosopher's writings?

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

5. Where does John von Neumann go in 1930 when he leaves Germany?

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