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American Prometheus by Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin
  • 1. Who is the central figure in 'American Prometheus'?
A) J. Robert Oppenheimer
B) Albert Einstein
C) Niels Bohr
D) Richard Feynman
  • 2. What major scientific project was Oppenheimer associated with?
A) The Hubble Space Telescope
B) The Manhattan Project
C) The Human Genome Project
D) The Apollo Program
  • 3. In which country was the atomic bomb first tested?
A) The United States
B) Japan
C) Germany
D) Soviet Union
  • 4. Which outcome did Oppenheimer predict in relation to the atomic bomb?
A) End of all wars
B) Universal peace
C) Global nuclear arms race
D) Permanent disarmament
  • 5. What type of scientist was Oppenheimer primarily recognized as?
A) Experimental physicist
B) Astrophysicist
C) Theoretical physicist
D) Nuclear engineer
  • 6. What significant event did Oppenheimer witness in 1945?
A) Nagasaki bombing
B) The Trinity Test
C) The signing of the UN Charter
D) Hiroshima bombing
  • 7. Oppenheimer famously quoted which text in relation to the atomic bomb?
A) The Tao Te Ching
B) The Iliad
C) The Bible
D) The Bhagavad Gita
  • 8. The term 'American Prometheus' relates to Oppenheimer's duality of being a:
A) Theorist and practitioner
B) Philosopher and scientist
C) Creator and destroyer
D) Leader and follower
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