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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Reaction Begins" – "Epilogue".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Robert Oppenheimer born and raised?
(a) New York, New York.
(b) Chicago, Illinois.
(c) Los Angeles, California.
(d) Zurich, Switzerland.

2. Who informed Robert Oppenheimer about the German chemists finding the uranium could be split, according to the author in "The U Business"?
(a) Richard Brennan.
(b) Luis Alvarez.
(c) Derek Curtis-Bennett.
(d) Scott Miller.

3. Who was the pilot that Tibbets assigned to drop the second bomb on Japan?
(a) Scott Miller.
(b) Samuel Goudsmit.
(c) Charles Sweeney.
(d) Jens Poulsson.

4. How many people were saved by a rescue boat when the ferry carrying heavy water from the Vemork plant was bombed?
(a) 19.
(b) 16.
(c) 5.
(d) 27.

5. Who was Japan's foreign minister in August of 1945?
(a) Shigenori Togo.
(b) Seizo Arisue.
(c) Korechika Anami.
(d) Yoshio Nishina.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was physicist Neils Bohr from?

2. When did Adolf Hitler take over as Chancellor of Germany?

3. What alias did Ruth Werner use in Oxford, England?

4. What location in Santa Fe did Klaus Fuchs choose for future meetings with Harry Gold in 1945?

5. When did the Briggs Advisory Committee on Uranium hold its first meeting?

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