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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a phrase used to describe the communist states within the Soviet Union's sphere of influence or those countries that had centrally-planned economies?
(a) Fourth World.
(b) First World.
(c) Second World.
(d) Third World.

2. Who was Moe Berg's Alsos's counterpart in Chapter 11, "A Perfect Spy"?
(a) Clifton Fadiman.
(b) Colonel Boris Pash.
(c) Edoardo Amaldi.
(d) Rose Tashke.

3. Edoardo Amaldi told Moe Berg that he should be concerned about a chemist named what?
(a) Charles Owen.
(b) Roy Spencer.
(c) Tony Calvert.
(d) Walther Bothe.

4. In New York, Moe enjoyed a friendship with what aeronautical engineer he met through Ferris in Chapter 13, "A Life Without Calendar"?
(a) Harry Broley.
(b) Walther Bothe.
(c) Allen Dulles.
(d) Theodore Von Karman.

5. In Cleveland, Moe Berg stayed at the home of whom in Chapter 13, "A Life Without Calendar"?
(a) Distant cousins.
(b) Close friends.
(c) Friends of friends.
(d) His brother.

6. What is a war that results when opposing powers use third parties as substitutes for fighting each other directly?
(a) War of subordinates.
(b) Proxy war.
(c) Partner war.
(d) War of substitution.

7. How long was Dom DiMaggio's baseball career?
(a) 10 months.
(b) 6 years.
(c) 11 years.
(d) 3 years.

8. What was the batting average of Ted Williams?
(a) .244.
(b) .389.
(c) .344.
(d) .555.

9. Who was the only woman Moe ever had a successful relationship with?
(a) Marsha Smith.
(b) Estella Huni.
(c) Rose Tashke.
(d) Samantha Hendricks.

10. When did the United States join the fighting in World War II?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1938.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1947.

11. Who signed an executive order disbanding the OSS in Chapter 12, "Always Good Company"?
(a) President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(b) President Harry Truman.
(c) President John F. Kennedy.
(d) President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

12. Lise Meitner was a physicist in exile from where?
(a) Russia.
(b) Italy.
(c) England.
(d) Austria.

13. Shortly after leaving the SSU and settling in his brother's home, Moe learned that his business partner in a film and stationary business called what had gone bankrupt?
(a) Cellomatic Manufacturing Company.
(b) Imagine Manufacturing Company.
(c) Lithoprint Manufacturing Company.
(d) Novelart Manufacturing Company.

14. When the OSS was formed, it was styled after what intelligence operation in England?
(a) SB-1.
(b) HR-3.
(c) MI-6.
(d) IP-5.

15. What was Dom DiMaggio's nickname?
(a) "The Little Professor."
(b) "The Doctor."
(c) "The Hulk."
(d) "The Big Man."

Short Answer Questions

1. After his playing career ended, Moe Berg was a Red Sox coach in what years?

2. What consultant for the Arthur D. Little Company did Moe Berg meet in Boston in Chapter 13, "A Life Without Calendar"?

3. Due to problems that the CIA had with Moe Berg's methods, his contract with them was not renewed in what year?

4. Moe's boss with the OSS instructed Moe to investigate an optical laboratory named what in Chapter 11, "A Perfect Spy"?

5. When did Moe Berg first make his way to Italy on a mission for the U.S. Government?

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