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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 "Tvi".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who writes "The Shape of Things to Come"?
(a) H.G.Wells.
(b) Leo Szilard.
(c) Max Planck.
(d) Richard Rhodes.

2. What is the name of Bohr's wife?
(a) Margrethe.
(b) Helga.
(c) Sorena.
(d) Susan.

3. Who conceives the atomic bomb?
(a) Ernest Rutherford.
(b) Albert Einstein.
(c) James Chadwick.
(d) Leo Szilard.

4. In 1873, what physicist says that atoms do not exist?
(a) James Maxwell.
(b) James Chadwick.
(c) Fyodor Vinbert.
(d) Max Planck.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who confirms the existence of a neutron?

2. Where does Leo Szilard study engineering?

3. Who works with Rutherford to develop a counter for alpha particles?

4. Why is Yehudi Menuhim famous?

5. When does Ernest Rutherford win the Nobel Prize in chemistry?

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