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

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

3. What is the rumor that circulates regarding the 20th century Hungarian Jewish scientists?
(a) They are not all Hungarians.
(b) They are visitors from Mars.
(c) They are related.
(d) They are specially trained from birth.

4. In the early 1900s, Budapest is the first European city to have what mode of transportation?
(a) Subway.
(b) Buses.
(c) Airplanes.
(d) Trains.

5. Who recruits Bohr for research in in radioactivity in Manchester?
(a) Leo Szilard.
(b) Albert Teller.
(c) Max Planck.
(d) Ernest Rutherford.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can Von Karman do at age six that show he is a prodigy?

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

3. 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?

4. Who is the second woman in history to earn a Ph.D. at the University of Vienna?

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

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