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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 works with Rutherford to develop a counter for alpha particles?
(a) Edward Teller.
(b) Hans Gieger.
(c) John von Neumann.
(d) J.J. Thompson.

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

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

4. How many patents does Szilard apply for in Germany between 1924 and 1934?
(a) 48.
(b) 19.
(c) 29.
(d) 1.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who discovers radio waves in 1893?

2. What theoretical physicist moves to Manchester when he is twenty seven year old for experience working with radioactivity?

3. When does Adloph Hitler become Chancellor of Germany?

4. Where does Leo Szilard study engineering?

5. Bohr sets out the order of elements on the periodic table based on what part of the atom?

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