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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a phrase used to describe the communist states within the Soviet Union's sphere of influence or those countries that had centrally-planned economies?
(a) Third World.
(b) Second World.
(c) Fourth World.
(d) First World.

2. Who was the wartime head of the OSS?
(a) Robert Furman.
(b) Ted Lyons.
(c) Harry Broley.
(d) William Joseph Donovan.

3. What civil engineer during World War II was the chief of foreign intelligence for the Manhattan Engineer District directing espionage against the German nuclear energy project?
(a) Robert Furman.
(b) Ted Lyons.
(c) Allan Siegal.
(d) Harry Broley.

4. What old friend from the Franklin Institute did Moe Berg visit in Philadelphia in Chapter 13, "A Life Without Calendar"?
(a) H.P. Robertson.
(b) I.M. Levitt.
(c) C.A. Dulles.
(d) G.C. Wick.

5. Edoardo Amaldi told Moe Berg that he should be concerned about a chemist named what?
(a) Roy Spencer.
(b) Tony Calvert.
(c) Charles Owen.
(d) Walther Bothe.

6. What young aeronautical engineer was Moe Berg directed to talk into moving to the United States in Chapter 11, "A Perfect Spy"?
(a) Aldo Icardi.
(b) Cliff Bolton.
(c) I.M. Levitt.
(d) Antonio Ferri.

7. When the OSS was formed, it was styled after what intelligence operation in England?
(a) IP-5.
(b) MI-6.
(c) SB-1.
(d) HR-3.

8. Following World War II, Werner Heisenberg was appointed director of what institution?
(a) The Einstein Institute of Physics.
(b) The Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics.
(c) The King Edward II Institute for Physics.
(d) The Newtons School of Physics.

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

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

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

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

13. In late May, 1944, Moe flew from Casablanca to where?
(a) London.
(b) Paris.
(c) Munich.
(d) Algiers.

14. 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) Theodore Von Karman.
(b) William Joseph Donovan.
(c) Paul Scherrer.
(d) Dr. Otto Hahn.

15. Moe's boss with the OSS came to Italy and instructed Moe to investigate an optical laboratory where in Chapter 11, "A Perfect Spy"?
(a) Rome.
(b) Vienna.
(c) Florence.
(d) Genoa.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his time playing for the Boston Red Sox, Moe Berg averaged fewer than how many games per season?

2. What does MVP stand for?

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

4. In Chapter 11, "A Perfect Spy," Moe made his way to England aboard what?

5. Who was the oldest son of Bernard and Rose Berg?

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