Bomb: Part 1

What was Harry Gold destroying?

• Destroying 17 years of evidence that he was a spy.

• Destroying his old, boring books.

• Destroying his dirty laundry.

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Why did Harry Gold confess to being a spy?

• Because he didn't want to go to jail.

• Because he didn't want to disappoint his friends and family.

• Because he was a coward.

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What did Oppenheimer tell his brother that showed how much he loved physics?

• "I love physics!"

• "Physics is fun."

• "I need physics more than friends."

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What did Otto Hahn accidentally discover?

• Nuclear Fission

• Helium

• Climate Change

What was Einstein's role in the race to build the atomic bomb?

• He completed complicated research.

• He spoke at many conferences.

• He wrote a letter to President Roosevelt.

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Who introduced Harry Gold to communism and recruited him as a Soviet spy?

• Robert Oppenheimer

• Tom Black

• Knut Haukelid

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Why did the FBI open a file on Oppenheimer?

• Because Oppenheimer was friends with a known communist.

• Because Oppenheimer was a Soviet spy.

• Because Oppenheimer was a famous scientist.

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Who is Knut Haukelid?

• A Norwegian resistance fighter

• A KGB spy

• An American scientist

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What is motivating Oppenheimer to build the atomic bomb?

• He loves weapons of mass destruction.

• He wants to stop Hitler.

• He was told to build it.

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Why don't the allies, the United States and the Soviet Union, share information about the bomb?

• Because they are actually enemies and secretly try to sabotage each other.

• Because they like to keep secrets.

• Because they don't want the other country to have the power of the atomic bomb.

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