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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. On what date was the meeting between Roosevelt and Churchill in the opening of "On the Cliff"?

2. Who informed Colonel Leslie Groves that he was selected for an important assignment in developing the atomic bomb?

3. Where was Knut Haukelid born?

4. Near what town was the Vemork power plant located?

5. What building had Colonel Leslie Groves overseen the construction of before he was selected to oversee the bomb project?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the differences between uranium and plutonium weapons. What are the different types of weapons styles that were used in Fat Man and Little Boy? Why were these styles different based on their use of plutonium or uranium?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Describe the education and career of Igor Kurchatov. What was Kurchatov’s position in the Soviet Union during World War II? What developments occurred through Kurchatov?

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