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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. In 1939, who is pursuing atomic research in Germany?
(a) Lou Geirigh.
(b) Hans Geiger.
(c) Otto Reichart.
(d) Edward Wigner.

2. After World War I, the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge becomes the center for what science?
(a) Experimental physics.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Nuclear physics.
(d) Quantum mechanics.

3. When does Rutherford discover a radioactive gas emanating from thorium?
(a) 1877.
(b) 1900.
(c) 1888.
(d) 1902.

4. When does Klaus Fuchs come to Los Alamos?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1944.

5. What does Max Planck discover?
(a) Home refrigeration theory.
(b) The neutron.
(c) A universal constant.
(d) The atom.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When do the Germans invade Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg?

3. What element does Enrico Fermi and his team begin to experiment with?

4. When does Ernest Rutherford win the Nobel Prize in chemistry?

5. Who discovers X-rays?

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