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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. Where is the Trinity test site?
(a) Alamogordo, New Mexico.
(b) Los Alamos, New Mexico.
(c) Nevada desert.
(d) Marshall Islands.

2. What does Leo Szilard want to use as the moderator in the nuclear chain reaction?
(a) Air.
(b) Water.
(c) Carbon.
(d) Heavy water.

3. Who is the second woman in history to earn a Ph.D. at the University of Vienna?
(a) Lise Meitner.
(b) Maria Goeppert-Mayer.
(c) Yehuda Menuhia.
(d) Marie Curie.

4. When does the Solvay Conference in Brussels take place?
(a) 1933.
(b) 1931.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1930.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the plane that drops the second atomic bomb?

2. Hahn and Strassman (without Meitner) continue experiments with neutron bombardment of what element?

3. To what does the nickname Dogpatch refer?

4. When does Russia begin work on its atomic bomb project?

5. Who drafts the historic directive releasing the atomic bomb for use?

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