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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the chairman of the British Uranium Committee in the early 1940's?
(a) Henry Tizard.
(b) Niels Bohr.
(c) Mark Oliphant.
(d) James Conant.

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

3. In 1939, where is the only heavy water plant located?
(a) United States.
(b) Norway.
(c) Germany.
(d) England.

4. When does Klaus Fuchs come to Los Alamos?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1942.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is assigned to find the Trinity test site?

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

3. Who creates the greatest school of theoretical physics in the United States at Berkeley, CA, in the late 1930's/early 1940's?

4. Where does Operation Forager take place?

5. What is Operation Barbarossa?

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