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

Short Answer Questions

1. When do the Germans announce Hitler's suicide?

2. Who says,"The mission of this Allied force is fulfilled at 0241, local time, May 7, 1945"?

3. Who is the Secretary of War in 1942?

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

5. Who says, "I'll tell you what war is about. You've got to kill people, and when you've killed enough, they stop fighting."

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the various facilities involved with the Manhattan Project. Where are they located? Who operates them? What is their function? Are they all built at once?

Essay Topic 2

In the first part of the book, the author discusses the biographical background and scientific accomplishments of many international scientists. Choose three scientists from the following list. Give a brief biographical sketch of the scientist, including his nationality and where he makes the discovery. Then identify what his/her scientific accomplishment is and what its importance is to the making of the atom bomb. Becquerel & the Curies; J. J. Thomson; Planck; Einstein; Rutherford; Bohr; Moseley; Meitner & Chadwick; Heisenberg & Schrödinger; and Chadwick

Essay Topic 3

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?

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