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

2. Approximately how many wealthy Jewish men do the Germans send to concentration camps during the German Kristallnacht?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 20,000.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 30,000.

3. How does Hans Bethe learn of his dismissal from Tubingen University?
(a) From the head of the faculty.
(b) From a student.
(c) From Leo Szilard.
(d) From the Third Reich.

4. Who writes "The Shape of Things to Come"?
(a) H.G.Wells.
(b) Richard Rhodes.
(c) Leo Szilard.
(d) Max Planck.

5. What instrument does Frisch use to prove the nucleus splits?
(a) X-ray.
(b) Cloud chamber.
(c) Bubble chamber.
(d) Accelerator tube.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Frisch call the division process of the nucleus?

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

3. Who becomes the first unconverted Jew ennobled since the Middle Ages?

4. When does Bohr receive his Ph.D.?

5. What kind of planes does Germany use to bomb England?

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