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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14 "Physics in Desert Country".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. About how many refugee physicists go the United States between 1933 and 1941?
(a) 50.
(b) 25.
(c) 75.
(d) 100.

3. In the early 1900s, Budapest is the first European city to have what mode of transportation?
(a) Subway.
(b) Buses.
(c) Airplanes.
(d) Trains.

4. What kind of planes does Germany use to bomb England?
(a) "Gothas".
(b) "Big Berthas".
(c) Cessnas.
(d) Bombers.

5. What is the general topic for the Solvay Conference?
(a) Relativity.
(b) Nuclear physics.
(c) Experimental physics.
(d) Quantum mechanics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who founds big-machine physics in America?

2. Where does Bohr teach in 1916?

3. The title of this chapter comes from what philosopher's writings?

4. In 1940, how long does the MAUD Committee think it takes its members to create an atomic weapon?

5. Who destroys the Norwegian heavy-water installation in February 1943?

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