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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. When does the U.S. Uranium Committee meet to reorganize work on the atomic bomb?
(a) December 7, 1941.
(b) November 6, 1941.
(c) December 6, 1941.
(d) November 30, 1941.

2. How old is Hitler when he comes to power?
(a) 33.
(b) 25.
(c) 43.
(d) 45.

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

4. Bohr sets out the order of elements on the periodic table based on what part of the atom?
(a) Electrons.
(b) Photons.
(c) Protons.
(d) Neutrons.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Tokutaro Hagiwara?

2. What can Von Karman do at age six that show he is a prodigy?

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

4. In 1910, Jews make up what percent of the Hungarian population?

5. How does Hans Bethe learn of his dismissal from Tubingen University?

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