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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 World War I, the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge becomes the center for what science?
(a) Quantum mechanics.
(b) Nuclear physics.
(c) Experimental physics.
(d) Mathematics.

2. About how many refugee physicists go the United States between 1933 and 1941?
(a) 25.
(b) 50.
(c) 75.
(d) 100.

3. When does the Oak Ridge pilot reactor reach critical mass?
(a) November 1943.
(b) January 1944.
(c) June 1943.
(d) January 1943.

4. In the 1940's, the Japanese scientists researching nuclear power for propulsion switch their research to what field?
(a) Atomic bomb.
(b) Radar.
(c) Sonar.
(d) Radiation.

5. What does Bohr announce at a Washington conference in 1939?
(a) The plans for an atomic bomb.
(b) A neutron can split uranium.
(c) The existence of protons.
(d) His retirement.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who destroys the Norwegian heavy-water installation in February 1943?

2. Who is the token American at the Solvay Conference?

3. When does President Roosevelt die?

4. What does Oppenheimer and a group of scientists name the "Super"?

5. How long does Lawrence calculate the size of the tube he needs?

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