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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. In 1910, Jews make up what percent of the Hungarian population?
(a) 5.
(b) 15.
(c) 20.
(d) 10.

2. After Edward Teller becomes an American citizen and moves to Manhattan, his research involves what?
(a) The atomic bomb.
(b) The hydrogen bomb.
(c) Radar.
(d) A mass spectrometer.

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

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

5. What is Operation Barbarossa?
(a) England's plans to invade Germany.
(b) Germany's invasion of Russia.
(c) A secret Norwegian project to build the atomic bomb.
(d) A secret Russian physics laboratory.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Bohr receive his Ph.D.?

2. Who becomes the first unconverted Jew ennobled since the Middle Ages?

3. Where does Bohr teach in 1916?

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

5. When is Albert Einstein's theory of relativity proven through studies during an eclipse of the sun?

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