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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) John Karman.
(b) George de Hevesy.
(c) Eugene Wigner.
(d) Ernest Rutherford.

2. When does the first meeting of the U.S. Advisory Committee on Uranium meet?
(a) 1933.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1930.

3. How does Hans Bethe learn of his dismissal from Tubingen University?
(a) From the Third Reich.
(b) From the head of the faculty.
(c) From Leo Szilard.
(d) From a student.

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

5. Who reorganizes the Hungarian school system along German lines?
(a) Eugene Wigner.
(b) Von Neumann.
(c) Michael Polanyi.
(d) Mor Karman.

Short Answer Questions

1. The title of this chapter comes from what philosopher's writings?

2. When does Marie Curie die?

3. What two scientists are known to work together on gas warfare in German-occupied Brussels?

4. Why do the Jewish scientists leave Hungary?

5. What is hailed as the beginning of true nuclear physics?

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