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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 writes the letters to Roosevelt "sounding the alarm" about nuclear fission?
(a) Gustav Stolper.
(b) Albert Einstein.
(c) Leo Szilard.
(d) Alexander Sachs.

2. What is hailed as the beginning of true nuclear physics?
(a) The design of the spiral particle accelerator.
(b) The discovery of the proton.
(c) The discovery of the neutron.
(d) The design of the cyclotron.

3. What is Einstein's second wife's name?
(a) Hannah.
(b) Elsa.
(c) Miriam.
(d) Greta.

4. Bohr sets out the order of elements on the periodic table based on what part of the atom?
(a) Neutrons.
(b) Photons.
(c) Protons.
(d) Electrons.

5. Who envisions atoms as small billiard balls?
(a) Isaac Newton.
(b) Max von Laue.
(c) Leo Szilard.
(d) Ernest Lawrence.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In 1939, who is pursuing atomic research in Germany?

3. In 1939, who is President of Carnegie Institute and is reluctant to invest in chain-reaction experiments?

4. Whose contributions to 20th century physics rank second only to Albert Einstein's?

5. Who is the author of "Mein Kempf"?

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