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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the atomic number of uranium?
(a) 96.
(b) 72.
(c) 92.
(d) 180.

2. What political party did Tom Black pressure Harry Gold to join?
(a) The Labor Party.
(b) The Democratic Party.
(c) The Communist Party.
(d) The Republican Party.

3. Where was Donald Hornig studying chemistry when he was offered a confidential job by his lab instructor?
(a) The University of Chicago.
(b) The University of California, Berkeley.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) Princeton University.

4. What building had Colonel Leslie Groves overseen the construction of before he was selected to oversee the bomb project?
(a) The Pentagon.
(b) The World Trade Center.
(c) The U.S. Senate Chambers.
(d) The White House.

5. Prior to the development of the atomic bomb, where did the largest man-made explosion in history occur?
(a) Zurich, Switzerland.
(b) Paris, France.
(c) Augusta Bay, Alaska.
(d) Halifax Harbor, Canada.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When did Robert Oppenheimer graduate from Harvard University?

4. When did German forces capture Norway and Denmark during World War II?

5. When was Ruth Werner sent to Britain to set up a network of informants to the Soviet Union?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe surveillance of Communists in the U.S. in “Rapid Rupture”?

2. What led to Franklin Roosevelt’s discovery of German atomic research? Who wrote to the President and what was suggested?

3. Who was Lise Meitner and what role did she play in the discovery of nuclear fission?

4. How did Colonel Groves respond when his candidate for the leader of the Manhattan Project did not pass an army physical?

5. What were the results of Enrico Fermi’s experiments at the University of Chicago?

6. How did Robert Oppenheimer come to learn about Otto Hahn’s work in Germany?

7. Describe Otto Hahn’s experiment in December of 1938. What was discovered in Hahn’s experiment?

8. What was the first mission that Haukelid and Poulsson were assigned after training?

9. What happened when the FBI searched Harry Gold’s room in the Prologue to Bomb?

10. How would you describe Robert Oppenheimer’s loyalty to the U.S. in his work for the Manhattan Project?

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