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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What political party did Tom Black pressure Harry Gold to join?

2. Where did Tom Black arrange for Harry Gold to take a job in Jersey City in 1933?

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

4. Where was mathematician Stanislaw Ulam working when he was invited to a project for special war work?

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"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who were Zalmond Franklin and Clarence Hiskey and how did they contribute to Soviet espionage?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who was Colonel Paul Tibbets and how was he involved in the Manhattan Project? What was Tibbets’s history and skill level? What was the mission Tibbets was given?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the public perceptions of the site at Los Alamos. How did the people in the surrounding communities react to the influx of scientists and military personnel in the area? What rumors emerged? How did the government respond to these rumors?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss Colonel Carl Eifler’s involvement in the Manhattan Project. What mission was Eifler given? Why was he replaced in this mission? How did he respond to being replaced?

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