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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. Why is Yehudi Menuhim famous?
(a) He is a child prodigy mathematician.
(b) He writes a book.
(c) He is a child prodigy violinist.
(d) He discovers uranium.

2. Who discovers that radium gives off a radioactive gas?
(a) Wilhelm Roentgen.
(b) Marie and Pierre Curie.
(c) Leo Szilard.
(d) Ernest Rutherford.

3. Why do the Jewish scientists leave Hungary?
(a) Because of family.
(b) Because they want to go to Israel.
(c) Because they want to find better schooling.
(d) Because of increasingly violent anti-Semitism.

4. What is the topic of Enrico Fermi's fundamental paper?
(a) Neutron bombardment.
(b) Beta decay.
(c) Ionization.
(d) Relativity.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Director of the London School of Economics in the 1930's?

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

3. In 1910, Jews make up what percent of the Hungarian population?

4. When does Rutherford announce that he splits the atom?

5. When does the Solvay Conference in Brussels take place?

(see the answer key)

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