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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. Where does Lise Meitner go when she flees Germany?
(a) Cambridge.
(b) Copenhagen.
(c) Berkeley.
(d) Princeton.

2. Who heads the Academic Assistance Council in the 1930's?
(a) Kurt Mendelssohn.
(b) Niels Bohr.
(c) John Maynard Keynes.
(d) Ernest Rutherford.

3. Who is the Director of the London School of Economics in the 1930's?
(a) Edward Teller.
(b) A.E. Houseman.
(c) William Beveridge.
(d) John Maynard Keynes.

4. When does de Hevesy's entire family become ennobled?
(a) 1866.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1895.
(d) 1886.

5. Who is the token American at the Solvay Conference?
(a) Leland Stanford.
(b) Ernest Lawrence.
(c) George Rutherford.
(d) Robert Oppenheimer.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Marie Curie die?

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

3. What element does Enrico Fermi and his team begin to experiment with?

4. Where does John von Neumann go in 1930 when he leaves Germany?

5. What does Rolf Wideroe invent?

(see the answer key)

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