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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6 "Machines".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who recruits Bohr for research in in radioactivity in Manchester?
(a) Albert Teller.
(b) Ernest Rutherford.
(c) Leo Szilard.
(d) Max Planck.

2. Ernest Rutherford moves from New Zealand to where?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Cambridge.
(c) Paris.
(d) Budapest.

3. When does Bohr receive his Ph.D.?
(a) 1918.
(b) 1922.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1905.

4. What Russian-Jewish biochemist is later elected first president of Israel?
(a) Eugene Wigner.
(b) Chaim Weizmann.
(c) George de Hevesy.
(d) Theodor von Penski.

5. When does Ernest Rutherford win the Nobel Prize in chemistry?
(a) 1906.
(b) 1908.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1903.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is particle acceleration developed?

2. Who discovers radio waves in 1893?

3. How long does Lawrence calculate the size of the tube he needs?

4. What two scientists are known to work together on gas warfare in German-occupied Brussels?

5. In 1910, Jews make up what percent of the Hungarian population?

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