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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. When does de Hevesy's entire family become ennobled?
(a) 1886.
(b) 1866.
(c) 1895.
(d) 1902.

2. When are the Kaiser Wilhelm Institutes in Berlin dedicated?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1900.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1903.

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

4. What does "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion" advocate?
(a) The destruction of Arians.
(b) The destruction of the Jews.
(c) The founding of a Jewish homeland.
(d) The earlier education of child prodigies.

5. What does J.J. Thompson discover?
(a) The proton.
(b) The neutron.
(c) The electron.
(d) The atom.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the topic of Bohr's first published scientific paper?

3. What is the specific topic of Bohr's controversial paper in 1913?

4. What two scientists are known to work together on gas warfare in German-occupied Brussels?

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

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