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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Pyotr Kapitsa.
(b) Clifton Fadiman.
(c) Antonio Ferri.
(d) Theodore Von Karman.

3. In late 1944/early 1945, Moe Berg began reporting to the OSS office in Bern lead by whom?
(a) Tony Calvert.
(b) H.P. Robertson.
(c) Allen Dulles.
(d) Carl Eifler.

4. Werner Heisenberg was awarded the 1932 Nobel Prize in Physics for his contributions to what?
(a) Quarter mechanics.
(b) Quantum mechanics.
(c) Quantitative mechanics.
(d) Qualitative mechanics.

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

6. What consultant for the Arthur D. Little Company did Moe Berg meet in Boston in Chapter 13, "A Life Without Calendar"?
(a) Charles Owen.
(b) Joseph Grew.
(c) Harry Broley.
(d) Roy Spencer.

7. In his time playing for the Boston Red Sox, Moe Berg averaged fewer than how many games per season?
(a) 20.
(b) 25.
(c) 15.
(d) 30.

8. In Chapter 11, "A Perfect Spy," Moe made his way to England aboard what?
(a) A fishing boat.
(b) A military transport plane.
(c) A cruise ship.
(d) A fighter jet.

9. Edoardo Amaldi told Moe Berg that the Italians could not build an atomic bomb for what reason?
(a) Their scientists were not smart enough.
(b) The economic sanctions that were in place.
(c) The citizens were not behind them.
(d) They did not have adequate resources at their lab.

10. The optical laboratory Moe Berg was directed to investigate in Chapter 11, "A Perfect Spy" was thought to be helping compress fissionable material for Germany's what?
(a) Nuclear bombs.
(b) Atomic bombs.
(c) Plutonium bombs.
(d) Dirty bombs.

11. The U.S. government was deeply concerned that Werner Heisenberg would perfect what weapon before American scientists?
(a) The space laser.
(b) The earthquake machine.
(c) The robot of doom.
(d) The atomic bomb.

12. What radical, authoritarian nationalist political ideology advocates the creation of a totalitarian single-party state that seeks the mass mobilization of a nation through indoctrination, physical education, and family policy including eugenics?
(a) Fascism.
(b) Communism.
(c) Capitalism.
(d) Atheism.

13. Who signed an executive order disbanding the OSS in Chapter 12, "Always Good Company"?
(a) President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(b) President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(c) President John F. Kennedy.
(d) President Harry Truman.

14. How much was Moe Berg stuck owing to the United States government for an unfulfilled contract after a film and stationary business went bankrupt in Chapter 13, "A Life Without Calendar"?
(a) $3,200.
(b) $27,500.
(c) $7,500.
(d) $55,000.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a political term that refers to a country that is formally independent, but under heavy political and economic influence or control by another country?

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

3. Following World War II, Werner Heisenberg was appointed director of what institution?

4. Ted Williams played his entire 21-year Major League Baseball career as what position for the Red Sox?

5. What was Dom DiMaggio's nickname?

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