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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the Chief of Security for Groves?
(a) Howard von Alben.
(b) Edward Jacobs.
(c) John Robinson.
(d) John Landsdale.

2. After the dropping of the bombs, Leo Szilard leaves nuclear physics and goes into what field of study?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Biology.
(c) Experimental physics.
(d) Chemistry.

3. When does the Oak Ridge pilot reactor reach critical mass?
(a) January 1943.
(b) June 1943.
(c) January 1944.
(d) November 1943.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Emilio Segre conduct his experiments on the rate of fission in uranium and plutonium?

2. What is the name of the plane that drops the first atomic bomb?

3. Who drafts the historic directive releasing the atomic bomb for use?

4. What is the name of the plane that drops the second atomic bomb?

5. Who says,"The mission of this Allied force is fulfilled at 0241, local time, May 7, 1945"?

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