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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Queen Victoria of England's oldest grandson?
(a) Prince Edward.
(b) King Edward VII.
(c) George III.
(d) Kaiser Wilhelm II.

2. 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) Other European commercial groups.
(c) German nobility.
(d) Government bureaucracy.

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

4. How long does Lawrence calculate the size of the tube he needs?
(a) 1 mile.
(b) 100 feet.
(c) 100 yards.
(d) 2 miles.

5. In 1910, Jews make up what percent of the Hungarian population?
(a) 5.
(b) 10.
(c) 20.
(d) 15.

6. Why is Yehudi Menuhim famous?
(a) He is a child prodigy violinist.
(b) He discovers uranium.
(c) He is a child prodigy mathematician.
(d) He writes a book.

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

8. By 1920, Jews make up what percent of Hungary's financiers?
(a) 60.
(b) 20.
(c) 40.
(d) 80.

9. When does Ernest Rutherford win the Nobel Prize in chemistry?
(a) 1900.
(b) 1903.
(c) 1906.
(d) 1908.

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

11. A part of what country does Neville Chamberlain and Hitler agree should be ceded to Germany?
(a) Czechoslovakia.
(b) Poland.
(c) Austria.
(d) Holland.

12. Who does Enrico Fermi marry?
(a) Anna Toble.
(b) Julian Carian.
(c) Laura Capon.
(d) Maria Karenina.

13. What is Einstein's second wife's name?
(a) Elsa.
(b) Miriam.
(c) Hannah.
(d) Greta.

14. Who envisions atoms as small billiard balls?
(a) Ernest Lawrence.
(b) Max von Laue.
(c) Isaac Newton.
(d) Leo Szilard.

15. How old is Hitler when he comes to power?
(a) 33.
(b) 43.
(c) 25.
(d) 45.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the topic of one of the debates that takes place at the Solvay Conference?

2. What is the topic of Enrico Fermi's fundamental paper?

3. Ernest Rutherford moves from New Zealand to where?

4. What instrument does Frisch use to prove the nucleus splits?

5. Who is the token American at the Solvay Conference?

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