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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 Director of the London School of Economics in the 1930's?
(a) Edward Teller.
(b) William Beveridge.
(c) A.E. Houseman.
(d) John Maynard Keynes.

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

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

4. Who gets Enrico Fermi a meeting with Admiral Hooper, the Undersecretary of the Navy?
(a) Leo Szilard.
(b) Vannevar Bush.
(c) George Pegram.
(d) Andrew Lawrence.

5. When World War I begins, Bohr moves from Denmark to where?
(a) England.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) Austria.
(d) United States.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who creates the greatest school of theoretical physics in the United States at Berkeley, CA, in the late 1930's/early 1940's?

2. How old is Hitler when he comes to power?

3. When is pure plutonium extracted for the first time?

4. When does Rutherford discover a radioactive gas emanating from thorium?

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

(see the answer key)

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