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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. Where was Knut Haukelid born?
(a) Brooklyn, New York.
(b) Paris, France.
(c) Chicago, Illinois.
(d) Oslo, Norway.

2. What alias did Ruth Werner use in Oxford, England?
(a) Mrs. Phillips.
(b) Mrs. Anderson.
(c) Mrs. Meitner.
(d) Mrs. Brewer.

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

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

5. Where was Robert Oppenheimer born and raised?
(a) Chicago, Illinois.
(b) New York, New York.
(c) Zurich, Switzerland.
(d) Los Angeles, California.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. 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"?

3. Where was Donald Hornig studying chemistry when he was offered a confidential job by his lab instructor?

4. Who was the Secretary of War that wrote to the school director of the Los Alamos Ranch School to inform him of its acquirement for military purposes?

5. How old was Jens Poulsson when he was chosen as the leader of a special mission to attack the Vemork power plant?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What agreement was made between the U.S. President and British Prime Minister on June 19, 1942?

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

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

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

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