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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17 "The Evils of This Time".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is the token American at the Solvay Conference?
(a) Leland Stanford.
(b) George Rutherford.
(c) Ernest Lawrence.
(d) Robert Oppenheimer.

3. When do the Germans surrender at Stalingrad?
(a) 1944.
(b) 1943.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1942.

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

5. Hahn and Strassman (without Meitner) continue experiments with neutron bombardment of what element?
(a) Radon.
(b) Thorium.
(c) Actinium.
(d) Uranium.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Theordor von Karman's area of study?

3. When does the first B-29 arrive in the Marianas on Saipan?

4. In the early 1900s, Budapest is the first European city to have what mode of transportation?

5. Who does Enrico Fermi marry?

(see the answer key)

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