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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. To what does the nickname Dogpatch refer?
(a) Los Alamos.
(b) Oak Ridge facility.
(c) Hanford facility.
(d) Berkeley.

2. In 1939, who is President of Carnegie Institute and is reluctant to invest in chain-reaction experiments?
(a) Andrew Carnegie.
(b) Vannevar Bush.
(c) Isador Rabi.
(d) George Bush.

3. What is the rumor that circulates regarding the 20th century Hungarian Jewish scientists?
(a) They are not all Hungarians.
(b) They are visitors from Mars.
(c) They are related.
(d) They are specially trained from birth.

4. How many of the 20th century's most exceptional scientists, who go on to become involved in the atomic bomb, are produced by the Hungarian Jewish middle class?
(a) Three.
(b) Seven.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What theory or principle does Albert Einstein not accept?

2. What company provides contracted employees to operate the Oak Ridge facility?

3. Who reorganizes the Hungarian school system along German lines?

4. Who is Alexander Sachs?

5. What does Leo Szilard want to use as the moderator in the nuclear chain reaction?

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