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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. How far did the British plane drop Poulsson's team from their intended drop target on the Vemork mission?
(a) 45 miles away.
(b) 10 miles away.
(c) 100 miles away.
(d) 65 miles away.

2. 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.

3. What date is described in the Prologue of Bomb?
(a) November 1, 1952.
(b) September 18, 1951.
(c) May 22, 1950.
(d) July 12, 1945.

4. How many neutrons are contained in the nucleus of a normal hydrogen atom?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 0.
(d) 1.

5. How did Haukelid injure himself during a training exercise before the special mission he was selected for, according to the author in "International Gangster School"?
(a) He broke his arm climbing a fence.
(b) He almost drowned in a river.
(c) He shot himself in the arm.
(d) He shot himself in the foot.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date did General Groves first meet Robert Oppenheimer?

2. Who was Robert Oppenheimer's date whom the author describes him abandoning in "Skinny Superhero"?

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

4. That former partner did Otto Hahn write first when he first discovered that uranium atoms could be split, according to the author in "The U Business"?

5. What does "blitzkrieg" translate to in English?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What led the Soviets to believe that the United States was making progress toward atomic weaponry, according to the author in “Enormoz”?

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

4. How was the compound at Los Alamos developed? Who came to the compound?

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

6. What led to Harry Gold’s involvement in Soviet espionage? Who solicited Gold to inform for the Soviets?

7. What was the outcome of Haukelid and Poulsson’s mission in February of 1943?

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

9. What led to Robert Oppenheimer’s interest and involvement in politics?

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

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