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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. When Moe Berg joined the OIAA he left behind a baseball career that had lasted how many years?
(a) 12.
(b) 18.
(c) 9.
(d) 15.

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

5. During what years was Nelson Rockefeller U.S. Vice President?
(a) 1977-1979.
(b) 1974-1977.
(c) 1972-1974.
(d) 1969-1972.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times was Ted Williams an All-Star?

2. 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?

3. After his assignment involving Heisenberg ended, Moe Berg was introduced to what director of the Physics Institute at the Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule in Zurich?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. After returning from Switzerland in Chapter 12, "Always Good Company," where did Moe Berg go next? What happened to the OSS?

2. Why was Moe Berg sent to Zurich in Chapter 12, "Always Good Company"? What did he learn about Joliot-Curie there?

3. What impression did Moe Berg's Japan films have on the OSS in Chapter 9, "Southern Junket"?

4. Who did Moe Berg mentor in Chapter 8, "Mr. Berg, You've Been Brilliant"?

5. Who assisted Moe Berg in tracking down information about Heisenberg in Chapter 11, "A Perfect Spy"?

6. What did Moe Berg spend the summer of 1944 doing? What driver accompanied him in Chapter 11, "A Perfect Spy"?

7. What was the U.S. Government's principle concern over the German scientist described in Chapter 10, "Remus Heads for Rome"?

8. Who did Moe Berg visit in January of 1946 in Chapter 12, "Always Good Company? What was his objective in the visit?

9. What assignment did Moe Berg's boss with the OSS give him in Chapter 11, "A Perfect Spy"?

10. Who did the OSS send Moe Berg to visit in June, 1945, in Chapter 12, "Always Good Company"? What did he accomplish in this visit?

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