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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 the early 1900's, who do the Jewish commercial elite ally with, creating a large class of ennobled Jews?
(a) Old Hungarian nobility.
(b) German nobility.
(c) Other European commercial groups.
(d) Government bureaucracy.

2. To what does the nickname Dogpatch refer?
(a) Hanford facility.
(b) Oak Ridge facility.
(c) Berkeley.
(d) Los Alamos.

3. What instrument does Frisch use to prove the nucleus splits?
(a) Cloud chamber.
(b) Accelerator tube.
(c) X-ray.
(d) Bubble chamber.

4. How many patents does Szilard apply for in Germany between 1924 and 1934?
(a) 19.
(b) 1.
(c) 48.
(d) 29.

5. What theory or principle does Albert Einstein not accept?
(a) The uncertainty principle.
(b) Quantum mechanics.
(c) Complementarity.
(d) The relativity theory.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what state is the Hanford facility located?

2. Who reorganizes the Hungarian school system along German lines?

3. What does Chaim Weizmann discover that helps the war effort?

4. In the 1930's, where do Lise Meitner, Otto Hahn, and Fritz Strassman work when they are trying to sort out the elements created by neutron bombardment of the heaviest elements?

5. What can Von Karman do at age six that show he is a prodigy?

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