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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) Berlin.
(b) Budapest.
(c) Cambridge.
(d) Paris.

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

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

4. Who teaches Bohr about radiochemistry?
(a) Eugene Wigner.
(b) Ernest Rutherford.
(c) John Karman.
(d) George de Hevesy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Bohr teach in 1916?

2. When does Rutherford discover a radioactive gas emanating from thorium?

3. Who confirms the existence of a neutron?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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