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

2. What can Von Karman do at age six that show he is a prodigy?
(a) Multiply six figure numbers in his head.
(b) Write equations.
(c) Read science books.
(d) Recite the periodic table.

3. Who discovers radio waves in 1893?
(a) Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
(b) Ernest Rutherford.
(c) Max von Laue.
(d) James Maxwell.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What Russian-Jewish biochemist is later elected first president of Israel?

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

5. Ernest Rutherford moves from New Zealand to where?

(see the answer key)

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