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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 Rutherford discover a radioactive gas emanating from thorium?

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

3. Who is Queen Victoria of England's oldest grandson?

4. Why do the Jewish scientists leave Hungary?

5. When does the first meeting of the U.S. Advisory Committee on Uranium meet?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is nuclear physics?

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

3. What is Albert Einstein's role in the initial contact between the nuclear scientists and President Roosevelt?

4. What ends Germany's race to build the atomic bomb?

5. What patent does Leo Szilard apply for in 1934 and where?

6. What are the three main themes of "The Protocols of he Elders of Zion"?

7. What is the topic for the seventh Solvay Conference in Brussels in 1933 and what is its relationship to George Gamow?

8. What is General Dwight Eisenhower's reaction to the dropping of the atomic bombs?

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

10. Why or how does Bohr get to Manchester?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

What leads to President Truman's decision to use the atomic bomb? Discuss the military, political and scientific considerations.

Essay Topic 3

Describe the development of the atomic bomb in Britain, Germany and Tokyo. What ends the development?

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