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

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

3. What is the subject of the patent Leo Szilard gives to Lewis Strass as a memorial to Strauss' parents?
(a) Production of radioactive cobalt.
(b) Solar energy.
(c) Nucelar chain reaction.
(d) Refrigeration.

4. Where do Frisch's parents go to live after his father is released from concentration camp?
(a) Stockholm.
(b) Paris.
(c) Manchester.
(d) Cambridge.

5. When does the Solvay Conference in Brussels take place?
(a) 1933.
(b) 1931.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1932.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the financial mainstay of pioneering Jewish settlements in Palestine when World War I begins?

2. Who is the token American at the Solvay Conference?

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

4. Who does Enrico Fermi marry?

5. What theory or principle does Albert Einstein not accept?

(see the answer key)

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