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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 "An Extensive Burst".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Rutherford suggest the existence of the neutron?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1908.
(d) 1920.

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

3. Who is the Director of the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge after World War I?
(a) Niels Bohr.
(b) Chaim Weizmann.
(c) Ernest Rutherford.
(d) Harry Moseley.

4. When does Rutherford announce that he splits the atom?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1907.
(c) 1902.
(d) 1919.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. By 1920, Jews make up what percent of Hungary's financiers?

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

3. In the 1930's, where do Lise Meitner, Otto Hahn, and Fritz Strassman work when they are trying to sort out the elements created by neutron bombardment of the heaviest elements?

4. When does Adloph Hitler become Chancellor of Germany?

5. Where does Bohr teach in 1916?

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