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

2. When do the Germans announce Hitler's suicide?
(a) April 30, 1945.
(b) May 1, 1945.
(c) Mary 7, 1945.
(d) May 20, 1945.

3. Where does Leo Szilard go from Berlin the day before the Nazis confiscate the rail system?
(a) New York.
(b) Vienna.
(c) Manchester.
(d) Budapest.

4. When are the Kaiser Wilhelm Institutes in Berlin dedicated?
(a) 1910.
(b) 1903.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1912.

5. What is the subject of Leo Szilard's patent applications in England?
(a) Nuclear power production.
(b) Refrigeration.
(c) Nuclear chain reaction.
(d) Ionization.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes up with the technical term "pile" or atomic pile?

2. What theoretical physicist moves to Manchester when he is twenty seven year old for experience working with radioactivity?

3. What does J.J. Thompson discover?

4. What is the subject of the patent Leo Szilard gives to Lewis Strass as a memorial to Strauss' parents?

5. What does Max Planck discover?

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