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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Ernest Lawrence win the Nobel Prize in Physics for producing a working model of the cyclotron?

2. Who becomes the first unconverted Jew ennobled since the Middle Ages?

3. What kind of planes does Germany use to bomb England?

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

5. Who reorganizes the Hungarian school system along German lines?

Short Essay Questions

1. What city does General Groves remove from the target list for the atomic bomb and why?

2. What is the position of Wigler and Szilard with respect to sharing information with the Germans?

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

4. When Szilard enrolls in the University of Berlin, the physics faculty includes three Nobel Laureates in physics. Who are two of these three and what is one scientific discovery they are famous for?

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

6. Why does Bohr win the 1922 Nobel prize?

7. Who is Vannevar Bush and what is his initial opinion of chain-reaction experiments in 1939?

8. What is Trinity, who selects the name and why?

9. Who is Fritz Haber and how does his wife die?

10. Why is Hiroshima chosen to be the first target for the bomb?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the Potsdam Declaration. What is it? Who is involved? Given what is known at the time, is unconditional surrender the only choice? What is the Japanese response?

Essay Topic 2

The United States is developing two types of atomic bombs. Compare and contrast these bombs. What are their code names?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the opinions of Dwight Eisenhower and Curtis LeMay, two military leaders of the time, about the use of the atomic bomb. One is involved in the European war and the other in the Pacific war. Does this make a difference?

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