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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What indispensable item does Teller and his wife bring to Los Alamos?

2. Where is the home base for the Air Force group that is training for the delivery of the atomic bombs?

3. The day after Nagasaki is bombed, where does Ernest Lawrence go?

4. After Edward Teller becomes an American citizen and moves to Manhattan, his research involves what?

5. In the 1940's, the Japanese scientists researching nuclear power for propulsion switch their research to what field?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Niels Bohr's analysis of the nuclear arms race to come. How does the existence of the atomic bomb change the world? What proposals does Bohr have?

Essay Topic 2

What are the emotional effects of the creation of the atomic bomb on scientists? Does it effect all scientists the same way? Discuss specific scientists' response, including Leo Szilard and Robert Oppenheimer. In your answer discuss the Interim Committee Scientific Panel and its response.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the beginnings of the Manhattan Project. What is it? How does it get started? Who is involved in setting it up? What is the U.S. government's role in the project? What is the role of General Leslie Groves?

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