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A review of the book Bomb: The Race to Build and Steal the World's Most Dangerous Weapon
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1
Which of these spies for the KGB did not spend time in prison?
Ted Hall
Harry Gold
All three went to prison.
Klaus Fuchs
2
Which of the following words means
“to create or invent something using skill & intelligence?”
obliterate
escalate
concoct
fission
3
Which was NOT a change that made people of Santa Fe curious about operations at Los Alamos?
FBI investigators went around interviewing everyone
army trucks drove up the hill loaded but came back empty
many men with European accents were arriving to town
There were no open jobs for locals but clearly a big project
4
Who was the leader of Great Britain during World War II?
Adolf Hitler
Winston Churchill
Emperor Hirohito
Franklin Roosevelt
5
Which of the following countries was NOT part of the Allied Powers?
Switzerland
Great Britain
United States
Soviet Union (Russia)
6
Which of the following words means
“about to occur?”
imminent
precipice
surveillance
expectancy
7
Which scientist sent a letter to Roosevelt urging him to speed up the work on the bomb?
Robert Oppenheimer
Sir Issac Newton
Enrico Fermi
Albert Einstein
8
Who was a Communist, German-born physicist sent from Britain to work on the Manhattan Project?
Ted Hall
Otto Hahn
Albert Einstein
Klaus Fuchs
9
Which of the following words means
“showing mixed feelings of respect, wonder, and dread?”
awestricken
obliteration
expectancy
imminent
10
Who was the thin, chain-smoking physicist appointed the director of the Manhattan Project?
Robert Oppenheimer
Klaus Fuchs
Enrico Fermi
Robert Serber
11
Which is NOT a problem Groves saw with putting Oppenheimer in charge of the Manhattan Project?
He German-born & had many Jewish relatives living there.
He failed the Army physical examination; unfit for combat.
He was absent-minded and had no experience in leadership.
FBI investigations showed past associations with communists.
12
Which of the following statements about Harry Gold and Tom Black’s relationship is FALSE?
Tom asked Harry to get secrets from Pennsylvania Sugar Co.
Harry became a courier, delivering information to Tom.
Tom got Harry a construction job during the Depression.
Tom was interested in info for making industrial chemicals.
13
What was the importance of destroying the Vemork Hydroelectric in Norway?
It would cause the Germans to bomb and destroy Norway.
It would knock out all the electricity in Norway.
The Germans needed the heavy water to build a bomb.
It would force the United States to enter the war.
14
What was the name of the ship that carried the atomic bomb from the US to the island of Tinian?
USS Indianapolis
USS Memphis
USS Milwaukee
USS San Diego
15
Who was one of the two leaders of the United States during World War II? (Pick 1 of the 2)
Joseph Stalin
Winston Churchill
Harry Truman
Franklin Roosevelt
16
Who lived in Philadelphia worked as a courier and KGB spy for 17 years?
Ted Hall
Paul Tibbets
Harry Gold
Klaus Fuchs
17
Which scientist discovered that an atom could be split?
Klaus Fuchs
Otto Hahn
Albert Einstein
Enrico Fermi
18
Who was the US Army colonel who was made general and military leader of the Manhattan Project?
Harry Truman
Robert Oppenheimer
Paul Tibbets
Leslie Groves
19
All of the following were reasons Oppenheimer became interested in politics EXCEPT
the violent rise of Hilter and the Nazi party
the economic troubles of the Great Depression
his own Jewish family and friends in Germany
the new weapons developed by Soviet physicists
20
What was the purpose of the Uranium Committee?
To find commercial and medical uses for uranium.
To plan the Allied invasion of Axis territories in Europe.
To build an atomic bomb for the Allies to use in WWII.
To improve the conditions of miners working uranium mines.
21
Which Japanese city was attacked with the first atomic bomb?
Nagasaki
Tokyo
Iwo Jima
Hiroshima
22
Which of the following words means
“to increase, enlarge, or intensify?”
escalate
inaccessible
annihilation
critical mass
23
Which of these people was a scientist who was part of the Manhattan Project?
Enrico Fermi
Albert Einstein
Leslie Groves
Robert Serber
24
Which of the following words means
“to do away with completely so that no trace remains?”
saboteur
critical mass
obliterate
Gestapo
25
What was the name of the B-29 bomber that carried the first atomic bomb to Japan?
Glamorous Glennis
Beautiful Betty
Enola Gay
Sweet Sue
26
Why did Ted Hall think it would be safer if a 2nd major county also had the atomic bomb?
neither one would use it knowing the other would fire back
materials were rare; no country would have enough to build 1
other countries were in better position to use it on Germany
the horrors of war would usher in a period of peace
27
Oppenheimer had friends who were communists.
True or false?
True
False
28
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during World War II?
Adolf Hilter
Harry Truman
Winston Churchill
Joseph Stalin
29
What were the code names for the two bombs that were dropped over Japan?
Fat Girl and Little Woman
Little Boy and Fat Man
The Giant and the Gnat
Fat Lady and Skinny Man
30
All of the following were requirements for the site of the atomic bomb lab EXCEPT
have buildings in place, so work could start immediately
near uranium and plutonium mines, so materials easy to get
close to railroads so people & equipment could be moved fast
had to be remote, so work could be kept secret
31
At what college did Oppenheimer work before joining the Manhattan Project?
University of California at Berkeley
Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago
Harvard University in Massachusetts
Columbia University in New York City
32
Which of the following words means
“complete destruction?”
imminent
annihilation
ghoulish
precipice
33
Who was a soldier involved in military operations related to the bomb? (Pick 1 of the 2)
Ted Hall
Knut Haukelid
Paul Tibbets
Klaus Fuchs
34
Who was the Norwegian resistance fighter who worked as a radio operator & spy?
Moe Berg
Semyon Semyonov
Knut Haukelid
Klaus Fuchs
35
Which of the following words means
“remote or impossible to reach?”
ghoulish
inaccessible
escalate
saboteur
36
Which of the following words means
“an overhanging or extremely steep mass of rock?”
bilge
fission
saboteur
precipice
37
Who was the US Army colonel put in charge of the crew that would drop the bombs on Japan?
Joseph Stalin
Leslie Groves
Paul Tibbets
Knut Haukelid
38
Who was an 18 year old Harvard physics student recruited to work on the Manhattan Project?
Ted Hall
Klaus Fuchs
Robert Oppenheimer
Robert Serber
39
Who was the Italian physicist who engineered the first chain reaction test?
Otto Hahn
Albert Einstein
Enrico Fermi
Leonardo Da Vinci
40
Which of the following is NOT something that made Moe Berg a good spy?
studied atomic physics and many languages
played fifteen seasons of big league baseball
an ability to pass for a number of nationalities
worked as a lawyer and traveled the world
41
Which of the following words means
“a business or industrial activity?”
enterprise
Gestapo
precipice
bilge
42
Which of the following words means
“the act of looking forward to something?”
expectancy
escalate
surveillance
awestricken
43
Which of the following words means
“disgusting or gruesome?”
Gestapo
ghoulish
imminent
bilge
44
Oppenheimer was a communist.
True or false?
True
False
45
Which of the following words means
“extreme physical or mental tiredness?”
critical mass
precipice
radiation poisoning
fatigue
46
Which of these people were KGB spies inside the Manhattan Project? (Pick 1 of the 2.)
Robert Oppenheimer
Ted Hall
Albert Einstein
Klaus Fuchs
47
Oppenheimer compared the United States and the Soviet Union to which of the following?
Genghis Khan and Attila the Hun
two spoiled children
Superman and Lex Luthor
two scorpions in a bottle
48
Oppenheimer gave information to the communists.
True or false?
True
False
49
Who was the leader of Japan during World War II?
Franklin Roosevelt
Adolf Hitler
Joseph Stalin
Emperor Hirohito
50
List the three atomic bombs in order from most powerful to least powerful.
the uranium bomb, the plutonium bomb, the hydrogen bomb
the hydrogen bomb, the plutonium bomb, the uranium bomb
the plutonium bomb, the uranium bomb, the hydrogen bomb
the hydrogen bomb, the uranium bomb, the plutonium bomb
51
Which of following was NOT something that happened in the post-war era?
Oppenheimer's security clearance taken; accused of being spy
Red Scare of the 1950s – a hunt for Communists in the US
Countries raced to build the more powerful “super” bomb
Germany completed their first successful atomic weapons test
52
Which of the following countries was NOT part of the Axis Powers?
Italy
Germany
Soviet Union
Japan
53
Who was the leader of Germany during World War II?
Emperor Hirohito
Adolf Hitler
Winston Churchill
Joseph Stalin
