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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the 1920's/1930's, what is the world's largest source of radioactive polonium?
(a) University of Manchester.
(b) Cavendish Laboratory.
(c) Berkeley.
(d) Marie Curie's Radium Institute.

2. When does Rutherford announce that he splits the atom?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1907.
(d) 1902.

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

4. Who discovers radio waves in 1893?
(a) Max von Laue.
(b) Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
(c) Ernest Rutherford.
(d) James Maxwell.

5. When does Rutherford suggest the existence of the neutron?
(a) 1908.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1915.

Short Answer Questions

1. What theoretical physicist moves to Manchester when he is twenty seven year old for experience working with radioactivity?

2. Who reorganizes the Hungarian school system along German lines?

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

4. After finishing his Ph.D., where does Bohr start work?

5. Who is Queen Victoria of England's oldest grandson?

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