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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ernest Rutherford moves from New Zealand to where?
(a) Paris.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Cambridge.
(d) Budapest.

2. Why is Yehudi Menuhim famous?
(a) He is a child prodigy mathematician.
(b) He is a child prodigy violinist.
(c) He discovers uranium.
(d) He writes a book.

3. What Russian-Jewish biochemist is later elected first president of Israel?
(a) Chaim Weizmann.
(b) Theodor von Penski.
(c) Eugene Wigner.
(d) George de Hevesy.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1873, what physicist says that atoms do not exist?

2. Who conceives the atomic bomb?

3. When does Bohr receive his Ph.D.?

4. Who discovers radio waves in 1893?

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

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