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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7 "Exodus".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The title of this chapter comes from what philosopher's writings?
(a) Kierkegaard.
(b) Heidegger.
(c) Kant.
(d) Rousseau.

2. Where does Leo Szilard go from Berlin the day before the Nazis confiscate the rail system?
(a) Budapest.
(b) Manchester.
(c) Vienna.
(d) New York.

3. Who is the Director of the London School of Economics in the 1930's?
(a) Edward Teller.
(b) John Maynard Keynes.
(c) William Beveridge.
(d) A.E. Houseman.

4. What is Theordor von Karman's area of study?
(a) Theoretical physics.
(b) Quantum mechanics.
(c) Aeronautical physics.
(d) Experimental physics.

5. Who is the second woman in history to earn a Ph.D. at the University of Vienna?
(a) Marie Curie.
(b) Lise Meitner.
(c) Yehuda Menuhia.
(d) Maria Goeppert-Mayer.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does de Hevesy's entire family become ennobled?

2. After World War I, the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge becomes the center for what science?

3. When World War I begins, Bohr moves from Denmark to where?

4. What is the subject of Leo Szilard's Ph.D. thesis?

5. How old is Hitler when he comes to power?

(see the answer key)

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