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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who delivered Albert Einstein's letter regarding the potential development of a German atomic bomb to the President of the United States?
(a) Scott Miller.
(b) Robert Oppenheimer.
(c) Alexander Sachs.
(d) Luis Alvarez.

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

3. What does S.O.E. stand for?
(a) Selective Operations Establishment.
(b) Special Ordinance Elective.
(c) Special Operations Executive.
(d) Secret Operations Entity.

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

5. Near what town was the Vemork power plant located?
(a) Haugesund, Norway.
(b) Grimstad, Norway.
(c) Zurich, Switzerland.
(d) Rjukan, Norway.

6. When did Robert Oppenheimer abandon his date in a car, according to the author in "Skinny Superhero"?
(a) February, 1934.
(b) March, 1932.
(c) July, 1941.
(d) September, 1933.

7. When did Adolf Hitler launch a four-million man invasion across the Soviet border, despite his agreements not to do so?
(a) June, 1941.
(b) May, 1939.
(c) April, 1940.
(d) July, 1940.

8. On what date was Albert Einstein's letter to the U.S. President warning of Germany's development of an atomic bomb delivered?
(a) April 22, 1938.
(b) September 1, 1939.
(c) November 1, 1939.
(d) October 11, 1939.

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

10. Who did Peter Ivanov send to talk to Robert Oppenheimer and feel out his Communist sensibilities at Berkeley?
(a) Richard Brennan.
(b) Alexander Sachs.
(c) Jens Poulsson.
(d) George Eltenton.

11. On what date did Hitler's Germany launch a massive invasion of Poland?
(a) September 1, 1939.
(b) December 11, 1938.
(c) November 1, 1937.
(d) April 22, 1940.

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

13. Where was Richard Feynman studying when he joined the Los Alamos project?
(a) Princeton University.
(b) The University of Chicago.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) The University of California, Berkeley.

14. In what year did Adolf Hitler annex Austria into his German Empire?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1936.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Robert Oppenheimer born?

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. What was the actual name of the training school nicknamed by the Germans as the "International Gangster School"?

4. On what date was the meeting between Roosevelt and Churchill in the opening of "On the Cliff"?

5. Who informed Robert Oppenheimer about the German chemists finding the uranium could be split, according to the author in "The U Business"?

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