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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. Where is particle acceleration developed?
(a) Manchester.
(b) Budapest.
(c) Berkeley.
(d) Cambridge.

2. Hahn and Strassman (without Meitner) continue experiments with neutron bombardment of what element?
(a) Uranium.
(b) Actinium.
(c) Radon.
(d) Thorium.

3. When does Isador Isaac Rabi become a Nobel laureate in physics?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1939.

4. Who recruits Bohr for research in in radioactivity in Manchester?
(a) Ernest Rutherford.
(b) Albert Teller.
(c) Max Planck.
(d) Leo Szilard.

5. When does Adloph Hitler become Chancellor of Germany?
(a) April 30, 1932.
(b) December 8, 1931.
(c) January 30, 1933.
(d) December 10, 1932.

Short Answer Questions

1. What religion is Enrico Fermi?

2. What does "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion" advocate?

3. What is the name of Bohr's wife?

4. What is the topic of Bohr's first published scientific paper?

5. Who designs the first working cyclotron?

(see the answer key)

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