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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12 "A Communication from Britain".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A part of what country does Neville Chamberlain and Hitler agree should be ceded to Germany?
(a) Holland.
(b) Czechoslovakia.
(c) Austria.
(d) Poland.

2. What is the specific topic of Bohr's controversial paper in 1913?
(a) Atomic bomb.
(b) Water tension.
(c) Atoms.
(d) Quantam theory.

3. What is the subject of the patent Leo Szilard gives to Lewis Strass as a memorial to Strauss' parents?
(a) Nucelar chain reaction.
(b) Refrigeration.
(c) Production of radioactive cobalt.
(d) Solar energy.

4. What is Einstein's second wife's name?
(a) Miriam.
(b) Greta.
(c) Hannah.
(d) Elsa.

5. Who reorganizes the Hungarian school system along German lines?
(a) Eugene Wigner.
(b) Mor Karman.
(c) Von Neumann.
(d) Michael Polanyi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does John von Neumann go in 1930 when he leaves Germany?

2. What is Operation Barbarossa?

3. What does Frisch call the division process of the nucleus?

4. Why do the Jewish scientists leave Hungary?

5. Where does Lise Meitner go when she flees Germany?

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