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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the first American scientist of administrative rank to visit Britain in 1941?
(a) Kenneth Bainbridge.
(b) Lyman Briggs.
(c) James Conant.
(d) Ernest Lawrence.

2. When do the Germans surrender at Stalingrad?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1943.

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

4. What company provides contracted employees to operate the Oak Ridge facility?
(a) Eastman Kodak.
(b) Boeing.
(c) DuPont.
(d) IBM.

5. What does Oppenheimer and a group of scientists name the "Super"?
(a) The megatron accelerator.
(b) The anticipated atomic bomb.
(c) The new cyclotron.
(d) The anticipated hydrogen bomb.

Short Answer Questions

1. When is the explosion of the first Russian atomic bomb?

2. Who is the chairman of the British Uranium Committee in the early 1940's?

3. Where is the Trinity test site?

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

5. In 1939, where is the only heavy water plant located?

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