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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Operation Barbarossa?
(a) A secret Norwegian project to build the atomic bomb.
(b) England's plans to invade Germany.
(c) Germany's invasion of Russia.
(d) A secret Russian physics laboratory.

2. Who is the first American scientist of administrative rank to visit Britain in 1941?
(a) James Conant.
(b) Lyman Briggs.
(c) Kenneth Bainbridge.
(d) Ernest Lawrence.

3. Who is the Secretary of War in 1942?
(a) Stimson.
(b) Bush.
(c) Groves.
(d) Marshall.

4. What theory or principle does Albert Einstein not accept?
(a) The relativity theory.
(b) The uncertainty principle.
(c) Quantum mechanics.
(d) Complementarity.

5. When does World War II begin?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1931.
(d) 1935.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1939, who is pursuing atomic research in Germany?

2. The title of this chapter comes from what philosopher's writings?

3. Bohr sets out the order of elements on the periodic table based on what part of the atom?

4. Who gets Enrico Fermi a meeting with Admiral Hooper, the Undersecretary of the Navy?

5. What does J.J. Thompson discover?

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