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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. What instrument does Frisch use to prove the nucleus splits?
(a) Cloud chamber.
(b) Bubble chamber.
(c) Accelerator tube.
(d) X-ray.

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

3. Where does Lise Meitner go when she flees Germany?
(a) Copenhagen.
(b) Princeton.
(c) Berkeley.
(d) Cambridge.

4. Who becomes the first unconverted Jew ennobled since the Middle Ages?
(a) Karman.
(b) Polanyi.
(c) Schossberger.
(d) de Hevesy.

5. What is Theordor von Karman's area of study?
(a) Theoretical physics.
(b) Quantum mechanics.
(c) Experimental physics.
(d) Aeronautical physics.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is the first American scientist of administrative rank to visit Britain in 1941?

4. Who heads the Academic Assistance Council in the 1930's?

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

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