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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 does Bohr announce at a Washington conference in 1939?
(a) His retirement.
(b) The existence of protons.
(c) The plans for an atomic bomb.
(d) A neutron can split uranium.

2. Bohr sets out the order of elements on the periodic table based on what part of the atom?
(a) Electrons.
(b) Neutrons.
(c) Photons.
(d) Protons.

3. When does Ernest Rutherford win the Nobel Prize in chemistry?
(a) 1900.
(b) 1908.
(c) 1906.
(d) 1903.

4. When is Albert Einstein's theory of relativity proven through studies during an eclipse of the sun?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1901.
(d) 1910.

5. After Edward Teller becomes an American citizen and moves to Manhattan, his research involves what?
(a) A mass spectrometer.
(b) The atomic bomb.
(c) Radar.
(d) The hydrogen bomb.

Short Answer Questions

1. When are the Kaiser Wilhelm Institutes in Berlin dedicated?

2. When does Bohr receive his Ph.D.?

3. When does World War II begin?

4. Who provides Lise Meitner a grant to continue experimenting?

5. Who heads the Academic Assistance Council in the 1930's?

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