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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. What does J.J. Thompson discover?
2. Whose contributions to 20th century physics rank second only to Albert Einstein's?
3. Where does Leo Szilard go from Berlin the day before the Nazis confiscate the rail system?
4. What is the specific topic of Bohr's controversial paper in 1913?
5. In 1910, Jews make up what percent of the Hungarian population?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens to the Nobel Prize medals that Max Von Laue and James Franck had given Niels Bohr for safekeeping?
2. Why is Mor Karman famous?
3. Why or how does Bohr get to Manchester?
4. In 1939-1940, what does Robert Oppenheimer do that makes Robert Oppenheimer a true genius in the eyes of the author?
5. What is the Manhattan Project?
6. How does President Roosevelt authenticate his decision to expedite the research of the atomic bomb?
7. What does Albert Einstein, who leaves Germany, want to do for displaced German scientists?
8. What is Albert Einstein's role in the initial contact between the nuclear scientists and President Roosevelt?
9. What is the position of Wigler and Szilard with respect to sharing information with the Germans?
10. Who is Vannevar Bush and what is his initial opinion of chain-reaction experiments in 1939?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Many of the scientists involved with the making of the atomic bomb in the United States are refugees from Europe. Choose three of these refugee scientists. Discuss why they leave their homeland , how they arrive in the United States and what their role is in the making of the bomb.
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
The United States is developing two types of atomic bombs. Compare and contrast these bombs. What are their code names?
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