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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19 "Tongues of Fire".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What gas do the Germans first introduce into the war at Ypres, contrary to the terms of the Hague Declaration of 1899?
(a) Dichlormethylether.
(b) Xylyl bromide.
(c) Chlorine.
(d) Nerve gas.

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

3. Who does Enrico Fermi marry?
(a) Laura Capon.
(b) Maria Karenina.
(c) Anna Toble.
(d) Julian Carian.

4. Bohr sets out the order of elements on the periodic table based on what part of the atom?
(a) Electrons.
(b) Protons.
(c) Photons.
(d) Neutrons.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Hahn and Strassman (without Meitner) continue experiments with neutron bombardment of what element?

2. Who teaches Bohr about radiochemistry?

3. What is the name of the plane that drops the second atomic bomb?

4. Who designs the first working cyclotron?

5. What does Bohr announce at a Washington conference in 1939?

(see the answer key)

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