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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where is the Trinity test site?
(a) Los Alamos, New Mexico.
(b) Nevada desert.
(c) Alamogordo, New Mexico.
(d) Marshall Islands.

3. Who replaces Oppenheimer as director at Los Alamos?
(a) Compton.
(b) Bradbury.
(c) Lawrence.
(d) Fermi.

4. After Edward Teller becomes an American citizen and moves to Manhattan, his research involves what?
(a) Radar.
(b) The hydrogen bomb.
(c) A mass spectrometer.
(d) The atomic bomb.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what state is the Hanford facility located?

2. The day after Nagasaki is bombed, where does Ernest Lawrence go?

3. When does Klaus Fuchs come to Los Alamos?

4. When does Russia begin work on its atomic bomb project?

5. In the 1940's, the Japanese scientists researching nuclear power for propulsion switch their research to what field?

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