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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. Why do the Jewish scientists leave Hungary?
(a) Because of family.
(b) Because of increasingly violent anti-Semitism.
(c) Because they want to find better schooling.
(d) Because they want to go to Israel.

2. When does Bohr receive his Ph.D.?
(a) 1905.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1918.
(d) 1922.

3. In the early 1900s, Budapest is the first European city to have what mode of transportation?
(a) Subway.
(b) Airplanes.
(c) Trains.
(d) Buses.

4. Where do Frisch's parents go to live after his father is released from concentration camp?
(a) Stockholm.
(b) Cambridge.
(c) Manchester.
(d) Paris.

5. When does de Hevesy's entire family become ennobled?
(a) 1866.
(b) 1886.
(c) 1895.
(d) 1902.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the rumor that circulates regarding the 20th century Hungarian Jewish scientists?

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

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

4. 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?

5. Where does Bohr teach in 1916?

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