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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who arranged for three players to go to Japan to teach baseball seminars at Japanese universities during the winter of 1932?
(a) Theodore Von Karman.
(b) Herb Hunter.
(c) Antonio Ferri.
(d) Clifton Fadiman.

2. When was Babe Ruth born?
(a) 1895.
(b) 1904.
(c) 1901.
(d) 1879.

3. What does OIAA stand for?
(a) Oil Industry Association of America.
(b) Office of Inter-American Affairs.
(c) Open Information Act of America.
(d) Office of Industry and Agriculture.

4. What Russian physicist developed a new method for liquefaction of air with a low-pressure cycle using a special high-efficiency expansion turbine in 1939?
(a) Clifton Fadiman.
(b) Antonio Ferri.
(c) Theodore Von Karman.
(d) Pyotr Kapitsa.

5. What theoretical physicist informed Moe Berg that many physicists made routine visits to Switzerland for conferences and lectures in Chapter 11, "A Perfect Spy"?
(a) Gian Carlo Wick.
(b) Robert Furman.
(c) Walther Bothe.
(d) Tony Calvert.

Short Answer Questions

1. In late May, 1944, Moe flew from Casablanca to where?

2. What other regular radio quiz show guest and sports commentator said "Moe was the most scholarly professional athlete (I) ever knew"?

3. Who picked up Berg in 1931 when Chicago put him on waivers?

4. In Chapter 13, "A Life Without Calendar," Moe Berg became a regular at Princeton, arriving at the home of what old friend the night of the game and gaining an invitation to dinner and a place to stay for the night?

5. The Office of Strategic Services was established by a Presidential military order in what year?

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