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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 "Men from Mars".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bohr sets out the order of elements on the periodic table based on what part of the atom?
(a) Neutrons.
(b) Photons.
(c) Protons.
(d) Electrons.

2. When does Adloph Hitler become Chancellor of Germany?
(a) December 10, 1932.
(b) December 8, 1931.
(c) April 30, 1932.
(d) January 30, 1933.

3. When World War I begins, Bohr moves from Denmark to where?
(a) Switzerland.
(b) United States.
(c) England.
(d) Austria.

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

5. Who determines how to use x-ray spectroscopy to study atoms?
(a) Harry Moseley.
(b) Ernest Rutherford.
(c) Max Planck.
(d) Niels Bohr.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What can Von Karman do at age six that show he is a prodigy?

3. Ernest Rutherford moves from New Zealand to where?

4. What is the subject of Leo Szilard's Ph.D. thesis?

5. Whose contributions to 20th century physics rank second only to Albert Einstein's?

(see the answer key)

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