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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 "Men from Mars".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the Jewish scientists leave Hungary?
(a) Because of family.
(b) Because they want to go to Israel.
(c) Because of increasingly violent anti-Semitism.
(d) Because they want to find better schooling.

2. How many of the 20th century's most exceptional scientists, who go on to become involved in the atomic bomb, are produced by the Hungarian Jewish middle class?
(a) Five.
(b) Seven.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

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

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

5. What does Chaim Weizmann discover that helps the war effort?
(a) A way to make radios more efficient.
(b) A secret code.
(c) An anerobic organism that decomposes starch.
(d) A new radioactive element.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who discovers radio waves in 1893?

2. Who determines how to use x-ray spectroscopy to study atoms?

3. In 1910, Jews make up what percent of the Hungarian population?

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

5. What gas do the Germans first introduce into the war at Ypres, contrary to the terms of the Hague Declaration of 1899?

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