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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 12, "Always Good Company," Moe Berg was sent to Zurich for a lecture by what physicist?
(a) Niels Bohr.
(b) Joliot-Curie.
(c) Aldo Icardi.
(d) Dr. Otto Hahn.

2. AGARD was an agency of NATO that existed from 1952 to when?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1996.
(c) 1983.
(d) 1977.

3. When did the United States join the fighting in World War II?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1938.
(d) 1945.

4. After his playing career ended, Moe Berg was a Red Sox coach in what years?
(a) 1940 and 1941.
(b) 1938 and 1939.
(c) 1944 and 1945.
(d) 1948 and 1949.

5. After the dissolution of the OSS, two of Moe's beloved supervisors, including who, resigned and planned to return to practicing law?
(a) John Kieran.
(b) William Donovan.
(c) Roy Spencer.
(d) John McGraw.

6. What did the OSS become after its dissolution in Chapter 12, "Always Good Company"?
(a) The SSU.
(b) The ASU.
(c) The USS.
(d) The USO.

7. What expert sharpshooter was employed to kill Heisenberg, but at the last minute his mission was canceled in Chapter 11, "A Perfect Spy"?
(a) Gian Carlo Wick.
(b) Aldo Icardi.
(c) Clifton Fadiman.
(d) Carl Eifler.

8. What position did Moe Berg play for the Boston Red Sox?
(a) Catcher.
(b) Pitcher.
(c) 1st base.
(d) Center field.

9. Who was the moderator of the radio quiz show which Moe Berg made guest appearances on in 1939?
(a) Roy Spencer.
(b) Clifton Fadiman.
(c) H.P. Robertson.
(d) John McGraw.

10. Edoardo Amaldi told Moe Berg that the Germans were how far from perfecting the science of the atomic bomb?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 245 days.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 10 weeks.

11. What term, in its original usage, describes a competition between two or more parties for the best armed forces?
(a) Sprint for bombs.
(b) Blasting dash.
(c) Arms race.
(d) Weapons marathon.

12. After his assignment involving Heisenberg ended, Moe Berg was introduced to what director of the Physics Institute at the Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule in Zurich?
(a) Paul Scherrer.
(b) William Joseph Donovan.
(c) Dr. Otto Hahn.
(d) Theodore Von Karman.

13. When did the Cold War begin?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1946.
(d) 1951.

14. How long was Dom DiMaggio's baseball career?
(a) 10 months.
(b) 11 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 6 years.

15. Who was the oldest son of Bernard and Rose Berg?
(a) Dr. Sam Berg.
(b) Dr. Alex Berg.
(c) Dr. Robert Berg.
(d) Dr. John Berg.

Short Answer Questions

1. What theoretical physicist informed Moe Berg that many physicists made routine visits to Switzerland for conferences and lectures in Chapter 11, "A Perfect Spy"?

2. Shortly after leaving the SSU and settling in his brother's home, Moe learned that his business partner in a film and stationary business called what had gone bankrupt?

3. When Moe Berg joined the OIAA he left behind a baseball career that had lasted how many years?

4. Who did Moe Berg convince Lise Meitner to write a letter to while in Switzerland?

5. Lise Meitner was a physicist in exile from where?

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