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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the Director of the London School of Economics in the 1930's?
(a) John Maynard Keynes.
(b) A.E. Houseman.
(c) Edward Teller.
(d) William Beveridge.

2. Where does Operation Forager take place?
(a) Russia.
(b) Europe.
(c) United States.
(d) The Pacific.

3. Who discovers radio waves in 1893?
(a) Ernest Rutherford.
(b) James Maxwell.
(c) Max von Laue.
(d) Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.

4. When does the Solvay Conference in Brussels take place?
(a) 1931.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1933.
(d) 1932.

5. What does Rolf Wideroe invent?
(a) An accelerator tube that causes high voltage problems.
(b) An accelerator tube that avoids high voltage problems.
(c) A refrigerator that does not freeze.
(d) A matrix table for elements.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of George Gamov's wife?

3. In the 1940's, the Japanese scientists researching nuclear power for propulsion switch their research to what field?

4. What theory or principle does Albert Einstein not accept?

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

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