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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Bohr's wife?
(a) Margrethe.
(b) Helga.
(c) Susan.
(d) Sorena.

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

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

4. What English innovation does the author consider to be the most valuable in the war?
(a) Cavity magnetron.
(b) Heavy water.
(c) Radar.
(d) Particle accelerator.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who recruits Bohr for research in in radioactivity in Manchester?

2. When does the Third Reich promulgate its first anti-Jewish ordinance?

3. In 1939, who does Leo Szilard want to prevent from learning about nuclear fission?

4. How long does Lawrence calculate the size of the tube he needs?

5. To what does the nickname Dogpatch refer?

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