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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. After World War I, the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge becomes the center for what science?
(a) Quantum mechanics.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Experimental physics.
(d) Nuclear physics.

2. In 1939, who is pursuing atomic research in Germany?
(a) Edward Wigner.
(b) Hans Geiger.
(c) Lou Geirigh.
(d) Otto Reichart.

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

4. The title of this chapter comes from what philosopher's writings?
(a) Kant.
(b) Rousseau.
(c) Heidegger.
(d) Kierkegaard.

5. Who writes the letters to Roosevelt "sounding the alarm" about nuclear fission?
(a) Alexander Sachs.
(b) Albert Einstein.
(c) Gustav Stolper.
(d) Leo Szilard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Theordor von Karman's area of study?

2. When does Bohr receive his Ph.D.?

3. What is the general topic for the Solvay Conference?

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

5. What does J.J. Thompson discover?

Short Essay Questions

1. In 1939-1940, what does Robert Oppenheimer do that makes Robert Oppenheimer a true genius in the eyes of the author?

2. Why is the neutron important to nuclear physics?

3. What is the German Kristallnacht?

4. Where is the center for experimental physics after World War I?

5. What is a cyclotron, who patents it, and who produces the first working model?

6. What is nuclear physics?

7. Why does Lise Meitner leave Austria and go to Copenhagen?

8. How does the first direct contact between nuclear physicists and the U.S. government occur?

9. Why does the Fermi family have to leave Italy?

10. After the dropping of the bomb, who are the members of the Interim Committee Scientific Panel and what do they advocate? Are they successful?

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