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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 does Bohr teach in 1916?
(a) University of Edinburgh.
(b) University of Copenhagen.
(c) University of Berlin.
(d) University of Manchester.

2. When does de Hevesy's entire family become ennobled?
(a) 1866.
(b) 1886.
(c) 1895.
(d) 1902.

3. Who reorganizes the Hungarian school system along German lines?
(a) Mor Karman.
(b) Eugene Wigner.
(c) Von Neumann.
(d) Michael Polanyi.

4. What is the NDRC?
(a) The Nuclear Department of Research and Concern.
(b) The Nordic Data Review Committee.
(c) The National Defense Research Council.
(d) The National Defense Review Committee.

5. When does the first meeting of the U.S. Advisory Committee on Uranium meet?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1933.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1930.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Lise Meitner go when she flees Germany?

2. Who works with Rutherford to develop a counter for alpha particles?

3. What does Bohr announce at a Washington conference in 1939?

4. Where does Hans Bethe go after his dismissal from Tubingen?

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

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