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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 teaches Bohr about radiochemistry?
(a) Eugene Wigner.
(b) George de Hevesy.
(c) John Karman.
(d) Ernest Rutherford.

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

3. When does Russia begin work on its atomic bomb project?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1939.

4. When does Rutherford suggest the existence of the neutron?
(a) 1908.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1932.

5. What does Chaim Weizmann discover that helps the war effort?
(a) A way to make radios more efficient.
(b) An anerobic organism that decomposes starch.
(c) A new radioactive element.
(d) A secret code.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Einstein's second wife's name?

2. When does Isador Isaac Rabi become a Nobel laureate in physics?

3. Who heads the Academic Assistance Council in the 1930's?

4. Who is the first American scientist of administrative rank to visit Britain in 1941?

5. What element does Enrico Fermi and his team begin to experiment with?

(see the answer key)

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