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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who says,"The mission of this Allied force is fulfilled at 0241, local time, May 7, 1945"?
(a) Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(b) President Truman.
(c) George Marshall.
(d) Douglas MacArthur.

2. Who creates the greatest school of theoretical physics in the United States at Berkeley, CA, in the late 1930's/early 1940's?
(a) Albert Einstein.
(b) Enrico Fermi.
(c) Robert Oppenheimer.
(d) Leo Sziland.

3. Who writes "Twentieth Century Book of the Dead"?
(a) Richard Rhodes.
(b) H.G.Wells.
(c) Gil Elliot.
(d) Norman Scott.

4. In 1940, how long does the MAUD Committee think it takes its members to create an atomic weapon?
(a) Five years.
(b) Three years.
(c) One year.
(d) Ten years.

5. Who is the Secretary of War in 1942?
(a) Bush.
(b) Groves.
(c) Marshall.
(d) Stimson.

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

7. In the 1940's, the Japanese scientists researching nuclear power for propulsion switch their research to what field?
(a) Sonar.
(b) Radiation.
(c) Radar.
(d) Atomic bomb.

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

9. When is pure plutonium extracted for the first time?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1942.

10. When does Niels Bohr escape from Stockholm to Scotland?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1943.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1942.

11. What is Alsos?
(a) The American League Sons of Soldiers.
(b) A nickname for Los Alamos.
(c) The American League for Southern Officers.
(d) A security unit established by Groves.

12. What indispensable item does Teller and his wife bring to Los Alamos?
(a) Cycotron.
(b) Grand piano.
(c) Lab books.
(d) His experimetnal data.

13. Who says, "I'll tell you what war is about. You've got to kill people, and when you've killed enough, they stop fighting."
(a) Paul W. Tibbets.
(b) Curtis LeMay.
(c) President Truman.
(d) Douglas MacArthur.

14. When does the U.S. Uranium Committee meet to reorganize work on the atomic bomb?
(a) December 6, 1941.
(b) November 30, 1941.
(c) November 6, 1941.
(d) December 7, 1941.

15. Who wi the pilot of the plane that drops the second atomic bomb?
(a) LeMay.
(b) Tibbets.
(c) Marshall.
(d) Sweeney.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who directs the physics department at the University of Birmingham, England, in 1939?

2. When does the Oak Ridge pilot reactor reach critical mass?

3. Who is the pilot of the plane that drops the first atomic bomb?

4. Who is Tokutaro Hagiwara?

5. What is the primary target for the second atomic bomb?

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