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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. How old was Colonel Leslie Groves when he was selected to oversee the bomb project?
(a) 46.
(b) 51.
(c) 29.
(d) 39.

2. Why was the Manhattan Project given this code name?
(a) Because its initial offices were in Manhattan.
(b) Because the first atomic tests were to be performed in Manhattan.
(c) Because Manhattan was the name of the man who developed the bomb.
(d) Because "Manhattan" was code for "bomb."

3. How many years of evidence was Harry Gold racing to destroy in the Prologue?
(a) 20 years of evidence.
(b) 17 years of evidence.
(c) 4 years of evidence.
(d) 12 years of evidence.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon landing on the Vemork mission, how long did Poulsson tell his team they had to "reconnoiter the plant, get information on the German guards, and check on the landing site"?

2. Who was Semyon Semyonov's KGB colleague that helped work with him to throw off the scent of the FBI, according to the author in "Rapid Rupture"?

3. In what year did Adolf Hitler annex Austria into his German Empire?

4. Who did Peter Ivanov send to talk to Robert Oppenheimer and feel out his Communist sensibilities at Berkeley?

5. How many neutrons are contained in the nucleus of a normal hydrogen atom?

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