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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16 "Revelations".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Queen Victoria of England's oldest grandson?
(a) Kaiser Wilhelm II.
(b) Prince Edward.
(c) King Edward VII.
(d) George III.

2. Where does Operation Forager take place?
(a) United States.
(b) Russia.
(c) Europe.
(d) The Pacific.

3. What does Bohr announce at a Washington conference in 1939?
(a) A neutron can split uranium.
(b) The plans for an atomic bomb.
(c) His retirement.
(d) The existence of protons.

4. Who designs the first working cyclotron?
(a) Oppenheimer.
(b) Chadwick.
(c) Rutherford.
(d) Lawrence.

5. Who is the Secretary of War in 1942?
(a) Stimson.
(b) Marshall.
(c) Bush.
(d) Groves.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does World War II begin?

2. The title of this chapter comes from what philosopher's writings?

3. When does the Oak Ridge pilot reactor reach critical mass?

4. When does the U.S. Uranium Committee meet to reorganize work on the atomic bomb?

5. Where does Leo Szilard go from Berlin the day before the Nazis confiscate the rail system?

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