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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 chairman of the British Uranium Committee in the early 1940's?
(a) James Conant.
(b) Mark Oliphant.
(c) Henry Tizard.
(d) Niels Bohr.

2. When does Isador Isaac Rabi become a Nobel laureate in physics?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1936.
(d) 1944.

3. Who becomes the first unconverted Jew ennobled since the Middle Ages?
(a) Karman.
(b) Polanyi.
(c) Schossberger.
(d) de Hevesy.

4. When do the Germans surrender at Stalingrad?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1943.

5. Who destroys the Norwegian heavy-water installation in February 1943?
(a) French.
(b) British.
(c) Russians.
(d) Americans.

Short Answer Questions

1. When are the Kaiser Wilhelm Institutes in Berlin dedicated?

2. When is pure plutonium extracted for the first time?

3. What is the name of Bohr's wife?

4. Who directs the physics department at the University of Birmingham, England, in 1939?

5. How much money does Leo Szilard ask the Uranium Committee for?

(see the answer key)

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