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

2. After finishing his Ph.D., where does Bohr start work?
(a) Edinburgh Laboratory.
(b) Cavendish Laboratory.
(c) University of Denmark.
(d) University of Copenhagan.

3. After World War I, the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge becomes the center for what science?
(a) Quantum mechanics.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Nuclear physics.
(d) Experimental physics.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who teaches Bohr about radiochemistry?

3. Who works with Rutherford to develop a counter for alpha particles?

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

5. How old is Hitler when he comes to power?

(see the answer key)

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