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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Skinny Superhero" – "Enormoz".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did Robert Oppenheimer graduate from Harvard University?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1931.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1929.

3. When did the Briggs Advisory Committee on Uranium hold its first meeting?
(a) September 1, 1939.
(b) October 11, 1939.
(c) October 21, 1939.
(d) May 22, 1940.

4. That former partner did Otto Hahn write first when he first discovered that uranium atoms could be split, according to the author in "The U Business"?
(a) Klaus Fuchs.
(b) Lewis Strauss.
(c) Robert Oppenheimer.
(d) Lise Meitner.

5. How old was Robert Oppenheimer when he first voted in a presidential election?
(a) 32.
(b) 36.
(c) 26.
(d) 41.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Prior to the development of the atomic bomb, where did the largest man-made explosion in history occur?

3. When did Robert Oppenheimer abandon his date in a car, according to the author in "Skinny Superhero"?

4. What political party did Tom Black pressure Harry Gold to join?

5. When did Adolf Hitler launch a four-million man invasion across the Soviet border, despite his agreements not to do so?

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