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