23. Document Project 23: The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb

Quiz for Document 23.9 Father Johannes Siemes, Eyewitness Account of the Hiroshima Bombing, 1945

Quiz for Document 23.9: Father Johannes Siemes, Eyewitness Account of the Hiroshima Bombing, 1945

Document 23.9: Father Johannes Siemes, Eyewitness Account of the Hiroshima Bombing, 1945

Choose the best answer to each question.

Question 1

1. What major impact of the bombing of Hiroshima did Johannes Siemes focus on in his account?

The military strength of the Japanese imperial forces

The number of buildings that were destroyed

The injuries sustained by civilians in the city center

The surrender of Japan and loss of the war

Question 2

2. Based on Siemes’s account, how much was known about the possibility of radiation effects from the bomb even after its initial detonation and destruction?

Cursory understanding

In-depth scientific knowledge

Long-term study results

Nothing at all

Question 3

3. According to the priest’s account, what was one of the most common injuries sustained as a result of the atomic bomb?

Lacerations

Burns

Broken bones

Eye injuries

Question 4

4. Father Siemes attributes many of the later deaths to which of the following causes?

Diarrhea

Malnourishment

Acid rain

Mental stress

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