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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. What expert sharpshooter was employed to kill Heisenberg, but at the last minute his mission was canceled in Chapter 11, "A Perfect Spy"?
(a) Clifton Fadiman.
(b) Aldo Icardi.
(c) Carl Eifler.
(d) Gian Carlo Wick.

2. In Chapter 12, "Always Good Company," Moe Berg was sent to Zurich for a lecture by what physicist?
(a) Niels Bohr.
(b) Joliot-Curie.
(c) Dr. Otto Hahn.
(d) Aldo Icardi.

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

4. After visiting with Meitner, Moe was sent on a tour of the United States with who in Chapter 12, "Always Good Company"?
(a) Paul Scherrer.
(b) Allan Siegal.
(c) Edoardo Amaldi.
(d) Herb Hunter.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Shortly after leaving the SSU and settling in his brother's home, Moe learned that his business partner in a film and stationary business called what had gone bankrupt?

3. When the OSS was formed, it was styled after what intelligence operation in England?

4. Moe Berg was sent by the OSS in what year to see Lise Meitner in Switzerland?

5. How many times was Moe Berg a guest appearance on a popular radio quiz show before never returning?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

5. Who established the OIAA in Chapter 9, "Southern Junket"? What was its purpose?

6. How did Moe Berg obtain information about Walther Bothe in Chapter 11, "A Perfect Spy"? What did he learn about Italian and German atomic resources?

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

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 led to the Cold War, as described in Chapter 12, "Always Good Company"?

10. What did Moe Berg learn about Niels Bohr in Zurich in Chapter 12, "Always Good Company"?

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