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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Alsos?

2. Who writes "Twentieth Century Book of the Dead"?

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

4. What is the NDRC?

5. What indispensable item does Teller and his wife bring to Los Alamos?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The American atomic bomb building project gets bogged down in bureaucracy. How does the program get jump started? Who are the major people involved? What ware the historical events involved? Is there support in the United States for the program?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Robert Oppenheimer's role in the making of the atomic bomb. Be sure to Include his scientific accomplishments and his role at Los Alamos. Is the bomb built without him?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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