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

2. Who is the Director of the London School of Economics in the 1930's?
(a) Edward Teller.
(b) A.E. Houseman.
(c) William Beveridge.
(d) John Maynard Keynes.

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

4. Who recruits Bohr for research in in radioactivity in Manchester?
(a) Max Planck.
(b) Leo Szilard.
(c) Ernest Rutherford.
(d) Albert Teller.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old is Hitler when he comes to power?

3. In 1940, how long does the MAUD Committee think it takes its members to create an atomic weapon?

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

5. What religion is Enrico Fermi?

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