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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 confirms the existence of a neutron?
(a) Ernest Lawrence.
(b) Max von Laue.
(c) James Chadwick.
(d) Fyodor Vinbert.

2. What is the subject of Leo Szilard's Ph.D. thesis?
(a) General physics.
(b) Refrigeration.
(c) Nuclear physics.
(d) Thermodynamics.

3. Who becomes the first unconverted Jew ennobled since the Middle Ages?
(a) Polanyi.
(b) Karman.
(c) Schossberger.
(d) de Hevesy.

4. What kind of planes does Germany use to bomb England?
(a) Bombers.
(b) "Big Berthas".
(c) Cessnas.
(d) "Gothas".

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Otto Hahn and Lise Meitner research together?

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

3. In 1873, what physicist says that atoms do not exist?

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

5. Who is the financial mainstay of pioneering Jewish settlements in Palestine when World War I begins?

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