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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "On the Cliff" – "High Concentration".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Robert Oppenheimer's date whom the author describes him abandoning in "Skinny Superhero"?
(a) Ruth Werner.
(b) Melba Phillips.
(c) Lise Meitner.
(d) Sarah Williams.

2. Where was Franklin Roosevelt's family home?
(a) Passaic, New Jersey.
(b) Cambridge, Massachusetts.
(c) Hyde Park, New York.
(d) Oxford, Mississippi.

3. Prior to the development of the atomic bomb, where did the largest man-made explosion in history occur?
(a) Halifax Harbor, Canada.
(b) Paris, France.
(c) Augusta Bay, Alaska.
(d) Zurich, Switzerland.

4. Where was physicist Neils Bohr from?
(a) Norway.
(b) Canada.
(c) Denmark.
(d) Great Britain.

5. Where did Harry Gold live when he was questioned by the FBI in the Prologue?
(a) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
(b) Chicago, Illinois.
(c) New York, New York.
(d) San Diego, California.

Short Answer Questions

1. Near what town was the Vemork power plant located?

2. How old was Harry Gold when World War II began?

3. Where did Robert Oppenheimer work as a theoretical physicist and professor of physics in the 1930s?

4. What does S.O.E. stand for?

5. On what date did General Groves first meet Robert Oppenheimer?

(see the answer key)

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