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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 radio waves in 1893?
(a) James Maxwell.
(b) Max von Laue.
(c) Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
(d) Ernest Rutherford.

2. When does Ernest Rutherford win the Nobel Prize in chemistry?
(a) 1903.
(b) 1900.
(c) 1906.
(d) 1908.

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

4. When does Adloph Hitler become Chancellor of Germany?
(a) January 30, 1933.
(b) April 30, 1932.
(c) December 10, 1932.
(d) December 8, 1931.

5. What is the topic of Bohr's first published scientific paper?
(a) The atom.
(b) Electrons.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) The surface tension of water.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Russian-Jewish biochemist is later elected first president of Israel?

2. Who recruits Bohr for research in in radioactivity in Manchester?

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

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

5. Who envisions atoms as small billiard balls?

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