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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. Who creates the greatest school of theoretical physics in the United States at Berkeley, CA, in the late 1930's/early 1940's?
(a) Leo Sziland.
(b) Robert Oppenheimer.
(c) Albert Einstein.
(d) Enrico Fermi.

2. What is the name of Bohr's wife?
(a) Sorena.
(b) Margrethe.
(c) Helga.
(d) Susan.

3. When does de Hevesy's entire family become ennobled?
(a) 1886.
(b) 1866.
(c) 1895.
(d) 1902.

4. What does Frisch call the division process of the nucleus?
(a) Bombardment.
(b) Fission.
(c) Splitting.
(d) Fusion.

5. What element does Enrico Fermi and his team begin to experiment with?
(a) Radon.
(b) Barium.
(c) Uranium.
(d) Plutonium.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the topic of Bohr's first published scientific paper?

2. Ernest Rutherford moves from New Zealand to where?

3. What does J.J. Thompson discover?

4. What is the general topic for the Solvay Conference?

5. Where does Lise Meitner go when she flees Germany?

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