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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14 "Physics in Desert Country".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of "Mein Kempf"?
(a) Adolphus von Brogan.
(b) The czarist secret police.
(c) Eugene Wigner.
(d) Adolf Hitler.

2. What can Von Karman do at age six that show he is a prodigy?
(a) Recite the periodic table.
(b) Read science books.
(c) Multiply six figure numbers in his head.
(d) Write equations.

3. How old is Hitler when he comes to power?
(a) 33.
(b) 45.
(c) 43.
(d) 25.

4. How many of the 20th century's most exceptional scientists, who go on to become involved in the atomic bomb, are produced by the Hungarian Jewish middle class?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Seven.
(d) Two.

5. When does Oppenheimer and his aides move to New Mexico?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1943.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Frisch's parents go to live after his father is released from concentration camp?

2. Bohr sets out the order of elements on the periodic table based on what part of the atom?

3. What English innovation does the author consider to be the most valuable in the war?

4. Who determines how to use x-ray spectroscopy to study atoms?

5. Who is the second woman in history to earn a Ph.D. at the University of Vienna?

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