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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the attack on Pearl Harbor take place?
(a) September 11, 1939.
(b) July 4, 1937.
(c) October 31, 1945.
(d) December 7, 1941.

2. 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.

3. Under what U.S. President did Nelson Rockefeller serve as Vice President?
(a) Jimmy Carter.
(b) Richard Nixon.
(c) Gerald Ford.
(d) Lyndon B. Johnson.

4. 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) Atheism.
(b) Capitalism.
(c) Fascism.
(d) Communism.

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 McGraw.
(b) John Kieran.
(c) William Donovan.
(d) Roy Spencer.

6. What was Moe Berg given to commit suicide with after he assassinated Werner Heisenberg?
(a) A cyanide tablet.
(b) A razor blade.
(c) A pistol.
(d) Dynamite.

7. Who did Moe Berg convince Lise Meitner to write a letter to while in Switzerland?
(a) Cliff Bolton.
(b) Dr. Otto Hahn.
(c) Walther Bothe.
(d) Dr. Sam Berg.

8. When was Nelson Rockefeller born?
(a) July 8, 1908.
(b) December 16, 1898.
(c) May 2, 1905.
(d) August 28, 1911.

9. Lise Meitner was a physicist in exile from where?
(a) Austria.
(b) England.
(c) Russia.
(d) Italy.

10. When was Moe Berg picked up by the Boston Red Sox?
(a) August, 1930.
(b) April, 1935.
(c) May 1933.
(d) June, 1934.

11. What manager of the Red Sox asked Moe Berg to become a coach for the team?
(a) Lefty O'Doul.
(b) Aldo Icardi.
(c) Joe Cronin.
(d) John Kieran.

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

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

14. What radio quiz show was Moe Berg a guest on in 1939?
(a) Tell me more.
(b) Questions and answers.
(c) Know it all.
(d) Information, Please!

15. How many seasons did Moe Berg play with the Boston Red Sox?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

1. What fellow OSS agent and friend did Moe Berg visit in Oklahoma in Chapter 13, "A Life Without Calendar"?

2. Who was the moderator of the radio quiz show which Moe Berg made guest appearances on in 1939?

3. Who was the only woman Moe ever had a successful relationship with?

4. What is a war that results when opposing powers use third parties as substitutes for fighting each other directly?

5. In late 1944/early 1945, Moe Berg began reporting to the OSS office in Bern lead by whom?

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