View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Pilot" – "Hiroshima".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How far was Oppeneheimer's bomb shelter from the blast site for the testing of the plutonium bomb?
(a) 10 miles away.
(b) 2 miles away.
(c) 20 miles away.
(d) 6 miles away.

2. What was the site named where the plutonium bomb would be tested for the Manhattan Project?
(a) Manhattan.
(b) Marketplace.
(c) Trinity.
(d) Sub-Zero.

3. How much did Robert Oppenheimer weigh when he underwent an army physical prior to being appointed to the Manhattan Project?
(a) 115 pounds.
(b) 128 pounds.
(c) 136 pounds.
(d) 150 pounds.

4. How old was Harry Gold when World War II began?
(a) 26.
(b) 19.
(c) 32.
(d) 28.

5. In what year did the FBI open a file on Robert Oppenheimer?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1941.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1938.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt agree to combine their resources and work on atomic weapons in the United States?

3. Where did Harry Gold travel to deliver the lab information to Soviet spies, according to the author in "Tradecraft"?

4. When was Robert Oppenheimer born?

5. How old was Moe Berg when he was assigned the Heisenberg kidnapping mission?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 204 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample