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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16 "Revelations".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When do the Germans surrender at Stalingrad?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1945.

2. What can Von Karman do at age six that show he is a prodigy?
(a) Write equations.
(b) Recite the periodic table.
(c) Read science books.
(d) Multiply six figure numbers in his head.

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

4. Whose contributions to 20th century physics rank second only to Albert Einstein's?
(a) George de Hevesy.
(b) Ernest Rutherford.
(c) Isaac Newton.
(d) Niels Bohr.

5. In 1873, what physicist says that atoms do not exist?
(a) James Chadwick.
(b) Max Planck.
(c) James Maxwell.
(d) Fyodor Vinbert.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Rutherford discover a radioactive gas emanating from thorium?

2. What does Leo Szilard want to use as the moderator in the nuclear chain reaction?

3. Who comes up with the technical term "pile" or atomic pile?

4. When does Russia begin work on its atomic bomb project?

5. Who is the Director of the London School of Economics in the 1930's?

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