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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 discovers that radium gives off a radioactive gas?
(a) Ernest Rutherford.
(b) Marie and Pierre Curie.
(c) Wilhelm Roentgen.
(d) Leo Szilard.

2. Whose contributions to 20th century physics rank second only to Albert Einstein's?
(a) Isaac Newton.
(b) George de Hevesy.
(c) Niels Bohr.
(d) Ernest Rutherford.

3. Where does Leo Szilard go from Berlin the day before the Nazis confiscate the rail system?
(a) New York.
(b) Manchester.
(c) Vienna.
(d) Budapest.

4. What theoretical physicist moves to Manchester when he is twenty seven year old for experience working with radioactivity?
(a) Eugene Wigner.
(b) Niels Bohr.
(c) Edward Teller.
(d) Hans Gieger.

5. The title of this chapter comes from what philosopher's writings?
(a) Heidegger.
(b) Kierkegaard.
(c) Rousseau.
(d) Kant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Bohr teach in 1916?

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

3. What does Max Planck discover?

4. What does J.J. Thompson discover?

5. Who discovers X-rays?

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