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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. When does Oppenheimer and his aides move to New Mexico?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1943.

2. What is the name of George Gamov's wife?
(a) Victoria.
(b) Maria.
(c) Anna.
(d) Rho.

3. How old is Hitler when he comes to power?
(a) 33.
(b) 45.
(c) 25.
(d) 43.

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

5. Where does John von Neumann go in 1930 when he leaves Germany?
(a) Zurich.
(b) Cambridge.
(c) Princeton.
(d) Berkeley.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the early 1900s, Budapest is the first European city to have what mode of transportation?

3. When is Albert Einstein's theory of relativity proven through studies during an eclipse of the sun?

4. Approximately how many wealthy Jewish men do the Germans send to concentration camps during the German Kristallnacht?

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

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