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

2. When does Bohr receive his Ph.D.?
(a) 1918.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1905.

3. What does "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion" advocate?
(a) The earlier education of child prodigies.
(b) The destruction of the Jews.
(c) The founding of a Jewish homeland.
(d) The destruction of Arians.

4. Who is the second woman in history to earn a Ph.D. at the University of Vienna?
(a) Lise Meitner.
(b) Marie Curie.
(c) Yehuda Menuhia.
(d) Maria Goeppert-Mayer.

5. Who does Enrico Fermi marry?
(a) Julian Carian.
(b) Anna Toble.
(c) Maria Karenina.
(d) Laura Capon.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many patents does Szilard apply for in Germany between 1924 and 1934?

2. A part of what country does Neville Chamberlain and Hitler agree should be ceded to Germany?

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

4. What is the topic of one of the debates that takes place at the Solvay Conference?

5. When does Robert Oppenheimer come to Berkeley?

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