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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. When does Oppenheimer and his aides move to New Mexico?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1943.

2. What is the name of Bohr's wife?
(a) Susan.
(b) Margrethe.
(c) Helga.
(d) Sorena.

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

4. Who founds big-machine physics in America?
(a) Robert Oppenheimer.
(b) Rolf Wideroe.
(c) James Chadwick.
(d) Ernest Lawrence.

5. When does Rutherford announce that he splits the atom?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1907.
(d) 1915.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the subject of Leo Szilard's patent applications in England?

3. When does the Oak Ridge pilot reactor reach critical mass?

4. What is the name of the plane that drops the first atomic bomb?

5. Where is the home base for the Air Force group that is training for the delivery of the atomic bombs?

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