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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 provides Lise Meitner a grant to continue experimenting?
(a) Lewis Strauss.
(b) Nobel Foundation.
(c) Neils Bohr.
(d) Princeton Foundation.

2. By 1920, Jews make up what percent of Hungary's financiers?
(a) 60.
(b) 80.
(c) 20.
(d) 40.

3. How old is Hitler when he comes to power?
(a) 45.
(b) 33.
(c) 25.
(d) 43.

4. When does Marie Curie die?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1940.

5. Who heads the Academic Assistance Council in the 1930's?
(a) John Maynard Keynes.
(b) Kurt Mendelssohn.
(c) Ernest Rutherford.
(d) Niels Bohr.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hans Bethe learn of his dismissal from Tubingen University?

2. Who does Enrico Fermi marry?

3. To what does the nickname Dogpatch refer?

4. Where is particle acceleration developed?

5. Who discovers radio waves in 1893?

(see the answer key)

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