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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. What is Einstein's second wife's name?
(a) Miriam.
(b) Elsa.
(c) Hannah.
(d) Greta.

2. Where is Site X located?
(a) New Mexico.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) California.
(d) Washington.

3. In 1940, how long does the MAUD Committee think it takes its members to create an atomic weapon?
(a) Five years.
(b) Three years.
(c) One year.
(d) Ten years.

4. Who wi the pilot of the plane that drops the second atomic bomb?
(a) LeMay.
(b) Marshall.
(c) Sweeney.
(d) Tibbets.

5. Who is the pilot of the plane that drops the first atomic bomb?
(a) LeMay.
(b) Grove.
(c) Marshall.
(d) Tibbets.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Isador Isaac Rabi become a Nobel laureate in physics?

2. Who says, "I'll tell you what war is about. You've got to kill people, and when you've killed enough, they stop fighting."

3. What does Oppenheimer and a group of scientists name the "Super"?

4. What Russian-Jewish biochemist is later elected first president of Israel?

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

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