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

2. 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"?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 6 weeks.
(c) 4 weeks.
(d) 1 week.

3. Who were the FBI agents at Harry Gold's door in the Prologue to Bomb?
(a) Derek Curtis-Bennett and Paul Sachs.
(b) James Wilson and Peter Martin.
(c) Scott Miller and Richard Brennan.
(d) Ted Hall and Lewis Strauss.

4. 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"?
(a) Luis Alvarez.
(b) Alexander Sachs.
(c) Robert Oppenheimer.
(d) Alexander Feklisov.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Robert Oppenheimer born?

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

3. Where did Eugene Wigner and Leo Szilard find Albert Einstein in "Finding Einstein"?

4. Where was physicist Neils Bohr from?

5. Who delivered Albert Einstein's letter regarding the potential development of a German atomic bomb to the President of the United States?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was the situation with the Vemork plant in February of 1943?

3. How is Knut Haukelid described in the narrative? Where was he trained?

4. How is Robert Oppenheimer characterized as a professor in “Skinny Superhero”?

5. How are Robert Oppenheimer’s childhood and education described in “Skinny Superhero”?

6. What was the name of the mission Haukelid and Poulsson set out on in February of 1943? How did they go about the mission?

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

8. Who was chosen to be the scientific leader of the Manhattan Project in 1942? What reservations were expressed regarding this individual?

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

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

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