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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. What is the rumor that circulates regarding the 20th century Hungarian Jewish scientists?
(a) They are related.
(b) They are specially trained from birth.
(c) They are visitors from Mars.
(d) They are not all Hungarians.

2. Where does the first full-scale self-sustained nuclear chain reaction occur?
(a) Los Alamos.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Manhattan.
(d) Berkeley.

3. What is the topic of one of the debates that takes place at the Solvay Conference?
(a) The structure of the proton.
(b) The nuclear chain reaction.
(c) Relativity.
(d) Ionization.

4. Who is Tokutaro Hagiwara?
(a) A British physicist.
(b) A Japanese physicist.
(c) An American nuclear physicist.
(d) A Japanese diplomat.

5. Who is the Chief of Security for Groves?
(a) John Robinson.
(b) Edward Jacobs.
(c) John Landsdale.
(d) Howard von Alben.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who becomes the first unconverted Jew ennobled since the Middle Ages?

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

3. How many of the 20th century's most exceptional scientists, who go on to become involved in the atomic bomb, are produced by the Hungarian Jewish middle class?

4. What religion is Enrico Fermi?

5. What is the name of Bohr's wife?

(see the answer key)

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