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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. Who is the financial mainstay of pioneering Jewish settlements in Palestine when World War I begins?
(a) Andrew Carnegie.
(b) David Lloyd George.
(c) Edmond de Rothchild.
(d) J.P. Morgan.

2. What is the subject of Leo Szilard's Ph.D. thesis?
(a) General physics.
(b) Nuclear physics.
(c) Thermodynamics.
(d) Refrigeration.

3. When World War I begins, Bohr moves from Denmark to where?
(a) Austria.
(b) United States.
(c) Switzerland.
(d) England.

4. Ernest Rutherford moves from New Zealand to where?
(a) Cambridge.
(b) Paris.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Budapest.

5. Who is Queen Victoria of England's oldest grandson?
(a) George III.
(b) Kaiser Wilhelm II.
(c) Prince Edward.
(d) King Edward VII.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who writes "The Shape of Things to Come"?

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

3. Who teaches Bohr about radiochemistry?

4. What is the subject of Leo Szilard's patent applications in England?

5. How many of the 20th century's most exceptional scientists, who go on to become involved in the atomic bomb, are produced by the Hungarian Jewish middle class?

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