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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7 "Exodus".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Rutherford suggest the existence of the neutron?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1908.

2. What is the subject of Leo Szilard's Ph.D. thesis?
(a) Refrigeration.
(b) Nuclear physics.
(c) General physics.
(d) Thermodynamics.

3. When does Rutherford discover a radioactive gas emanating from thorium?
(a) 1902.
(b) 1900.
(c) 1888.
(d) 1877.

4. When is Albert Einstein's theory of relativity proven through studies during an eclipse of the sun?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1910.

5. Who writes "The Shape of Things to Come"?
(a) Leo Szilard.
(b) H.G.Wells.
(c) Max Planck.
(d) Richard Rhodes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of planes does Germany use to bomb England?

3. Who confirms the existence of a neutron?

4. What gas do the Germans first introduce into the war at Ypres, contrary to the terms of the Hague Declaration of 1899?

5. When does Rutherford announce that he splits the atom?

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