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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Hans Bethe go after his dismissal from Tubingen?
(a) Manchester.
(b) Cambridge.
(c) Princeton.
(d) Cornell.

2. How old is Hitler when he comes to power?
(a) 33.
(b) 45.
(c) 25.
(d) 43.

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

4. What is hailed as the beginning of true nuclear physics?
(a) The discovery of the neutron.
(b) The design of the spiral particle accelerator.
(c) The design of the cyclotron.
(d) The discovery of the proton.

5. When does Robert Oppenheimer come to Berkeley?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1933.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of "Mein Kempf"?

2. When is Albert Einstein's theory of relativity proven through studies during an eclipse of the sun?

3. Why do the Jewish scientists leave Hungary?

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

5. What is Einstein's second wife's name?

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