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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19 "Tongues of Fire".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the chairman of the British Uranium Committee in the early 1940's?
(a) James Conant.
(b) Henry Tizard.
(c) Mark Oliphant.
(d) Niels Bohr.

2. What theoretical physicist moves to Manchester when he is twenty seven year old for experience working with radioactivity?
(a) Hans Gieger.
(b) Eugene Wigner.
(c) Edward Teller.
(d) Niels Bohr.

3. Where is the home base for the Air Force group that is training for the delivery of the atomic bombs?
(a) New Mexico.
(b) Utah.
(c) California.
(d) Nevada.

4. What is the topic of Bohr's first published scientific paper?
(a) The atom.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) The surface tension of water.
(d) Electrons.

5. Why is Yehudi Menuhim famous?
(a) He is a child prodigy violinist.
(b) He discovers uranium.
(c) He writes a book.
(d) He is a child prodigy mathematician.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Leo Szilard go from Berlin the day before the Nazis confiscate the rail system?

2. In 1910, Jews make up what percent of the Hungarian population?

3. How many patents does Szilard apply for in Germany between 1924 and 1934?

4. Where is the Trinity test site?

5. When does the Allied campaign at the Turkish Gallipoli Peninsula begin?

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