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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the crew who is training for delivering of the atomic bomb go for training with radar and flying over water?

2. Who is Tokutaro Hagiwara?

3. What is the NDRC?

4. Where is Site X located?

5. Where does the first full-scale self-sustained nuclear chain reaction occur?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The discovery of the neutron is considered the beginning of nuclear physics. Why? What role does this discovery have in the making of the atomic bomb? Is the bomb built without this discovery?

Essay Topic 2

How are the target cities for the bombs chosen? What are the considerations that go into their choice? Why are Hiroshima and Nagasaki the final two choices?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the Japanese determination never to surrender. Give examples from the war in the Pacific. What role does this play in the use of the atomic bomb?

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