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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What language does Bohr claim he is speaking?
(a) The language of classical mechanics
(b) German
(c) Danish
(d) English

2. What critical mass was actually needed for the bomb?
(a) One gram
(b) One ton
(c) Fifty kilograms
(d) 26,000 tons

3. What did people pay attention to instead of Heisenberg’s discoveries?
(a) Pauli
(b) Oppenheimer
(c) Schrödinger
(d) Bohr

4. How does Margrethe insult Heisenberg when he first arrives?
(a) She disdains German science
(b) She tells him he looks older
(c) She jokes about his wife
(d) She tells him to leave

5. What is Bohr’s religious heritage?
(a) He is agnostic
(b) He is fully Jewish
(c) He is half Jewish
(d) He is Catholic

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Heisenberg think is the last variable in the quantum state of the atom?

2. Who is Elisabeth?

3. Why does Bohr refuse Heisenberg’s invitation?

4. How old is Heisenberg in relationship to the Bohrs’ eldest son?

5. What do the men do at the end of the play?

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