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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6 "Machines".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Rutherford discover a radioactive gas emanating from thorium?
(a) 1900.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1888.
(d) 1877.

2. What theoretical physicist moves to Manchester when he is twenty seven year old for experience working with radioactivity?
(a) Eugene Wigner.
(b) Edward Teller.
(c) Hans Gieger.
(d) Niels Bohr.

3. In 1873, what physicist says that atoms do not exist?
(a) Fyodor Vinbert.
(b) Max Planck.
(c) James Chadwick.
(d) James Maxwell.

4. When does Bohr receive his Ph.D.?
(a) 1922.
(b) 1918.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1905.

5. What Russian-Jewish biochemist is later elected first president of Israel?
(a) George de Hevesy.
(b) Chaim Weizmann.
(c) Eugene Wigner.
(d) Theodor von Penski.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is particle acceleration developed?

3. The title of this chapter comes from what philosopher's writings?

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

5. How many of the 20th century's most exceptional scientists, who go on to become involved in the atomic bomb, are produced by the Hungarian Jewish middle class?

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