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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does MVP stand for?
(a) Main Valuable Player.
(b) Most Valuable Player.
(c) Most Varied Position.
(d) Many Varied Players.

2. What was a unique variety of fascism that incorporated biological racism and antisemitism during WWII?
(a) Capitolism.
(b) Dudeism.
(c) Communism.
(d) Nazism.

3. 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) Vienna.
(b) Rome.
(c) Florence.
(d) Genoa.

4. 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) Walther Bothe.
(b) Gian Carlo Wick.
(c) Tony Calvert.
(d) Robert Furman.

5. What was Dom DiMaggio's nickname?
(a) "The Big Man."
(b) "The Doctor."
(c) "The Little Professor."
(d) "The Hulk."

6. How many times was Ted Williams an All-Star?
(a) 9.
(b) 19.
(c) 4.
(d) 12.

7. 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) Plutonium bombs.
(b) Atomic bombs.
(c) Nuclear bombs.
(d) Dirty bombs.

8. What award did Moe Berg earn for his service in the OSS and refuse it?
(a) Medal of Honor.
(b) Medal of Freedom.
(c) Medal of Valor.
(d) Medal of Patriotism.

9. When was Rome liberated in World War II?
(a) June 4, 1944.
(b) July 7, 1944.
(c) September 2, 1944.
(d) June 10, 1944.

10. Who died nine days after Moe Berg joined the OIAA?
(a) Bernard Berg.
(b) Gerald Ford.
(c) Niels Bohr.
(d) Nelson D. Rockefeller.

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

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

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

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

15. Who was Moe Berg's driver in Italy in the summer of 1944?
(a) Walther Bothe.
(b) Aldo Icardi.
(c) Joseph Grew.
(d) Paul Scherrer.

Short Answer Questions

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

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?

3. After the dissolution of the OSS, two of Moe's beloved supervisors, including who, resigned and planned to return to practicing law?

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

5. 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?

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