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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. What does "blitzkrieg" translate to in English?
(a) "Ghost war."
(b) "Atomic war."
(c) "Lighting war."
(d) "Secret war."

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

3. Where were Eugene Wigner and Leo Szilard both born?
(a) Hungaria.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) Norway.
(d) Sweden.

4. When was Ruth Werner sent to Britain to set up a network of informants to the Soviet Union?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1941.

5. How old was Jens Poulsson when he was chosen as the leader of a special mission to attack the Vemork power plant?
(a) 19.
(b) 29.
(c) 32.
(d) 24.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Robert Oppenheimer graduate from Harvard University?

2. What was Poulsson's answer to the pre-arranged security question, "What did you see walking down the Strand in the early hours of January 1, 1941?"

3. Who convinced Richard Feynman to join in the Los Alamos project?

4. How far did the British plane drop Poulsson's team from their intended drop target on the Vemork mission?

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

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