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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15 "Different Animals".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What theory or principle does Albert Einstein not accept?
(a) Quantum mechanics.
(b) Complementarity.
(c) The relativity theory.
(d) The uncertainty principle.

2. What does Leo Szilard want to use as the moderator in the nuclear chain reaction?
(a) Water.
(b) Heavy water.
(c) Carbon.
(d) Air.

3. How much money does Leo Szilard ask the Uranium Committee for?
(a) $20,000.
(b) $6,000.
(c) $10,000.
(d) $16,000.

4. When does Niels Bohr escape from Stockholm to Scotland?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1939.

5. When does Isador Isaac Rabi become a Nobel laureate in physics?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1944.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1939, who is pursuing atomic research in Germany?

2. In the early 1900's, who do the Jewish commercial elite ally with, creating a large class of ennobled Jews?

3. When does de Hevesy's entire family become ennobled?

4. When does the first meeting of the U.S. Advisory Committee on Uranium meet?

5. When does Russia begin work on its atomic bomb project?

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