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

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

3. Where does John von Neumann go in 1930 when he leaves Germany?
(a) Cambridge.
(b) Zurich.
(c) Princeton.
(d) Berkeley.

4. What is the rumor that circulates regarding the 20th century Hungarian Jewish scientists?
(a) They are related.
(b) They are specially trained from birth.
(c) They are not all Hungarians.
(d) They are visitors from Mars.

5. What religion is Enrico Fermi?
(a) Catholic.
(b) Jewish.
(c) Atheist.
(d) Protestant.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Edward Teller becomes an American citizen and moves to Manhattan, his research involves what?

2. Approximately how many wealthy Jewish men do the Germans send to concentration camps during the German Kristallnacht?

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

4. About how many refugee physicists go the United States between 1933 and 1941?

5. What is the name of Bohr's wife?

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