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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the topic of Bohr's first published scientific paper?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Electrons.
(c) The atom.
(d) The surface tension of water.

4. When is Albert Einstein's theory of relativity proven through studies during an eclipse of the sun?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1901.
(d) 1910.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hans Bethe learn of his dismissal from Tubingen University?

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

3. What religion is Enrico Fermi?

4. Where does Leo Szilard study engineering?

5. When does de Hevesy's entire family become ennobled?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is "Silverplate"?

2. How does Bohr's memorandum regarding the nuclear arms race to come and the post nuclear war get to President Roosevelt?

3. What two scientists come to Berkeley in 1928-1929 and what do they develop?

4. Who is Fritz Haber and how does his wife die?

5. What is the MAUD committee?

6. What city does General Groves remove from the target list for the atomic bomb and why?

7. Who produces the first controlled nuclear fission reaction and where and when does it take place?

8. What is the German Kristallnacht?

9. Who are referred to as the "Men from Mars" in the title of Chapter Five and why? You do not have to name them.

10. What is J.J. Thompson's contribution to physics?

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