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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which scientist insulted Heisenberg’s knowledge?
(a) Bohr
(b) Goudsmit
(c) Uhlenbeck
(d) Pauli

2. What does Heisenberg think is the last variable in the quantum state of the atom?
(a) Its size
(b) Its mass
(c) Its spin
(d) Its location

3. In what month does Heisenberg think their 1941 meeting took place?
(a) October
(b) November
(c) December
(d) September

4. What segment of the population, important to Heisenberg and Bohr, has fled Germany because of the Nazis?
(a) Conscientious objectors
(b) Jewish writers
(c) Jewish scientists
(d) Apolitical scientists

5. What did the scientists who made the bomb discover about the chain reaction?
(a) It was faster than anticipated
(b) It was impossible to do
(c) It was impossible to use cadmium
(d) They needed far too much uranium

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Heisenberg imply Weizsacker might have told Bohr?

2. To whom do the scientists compare Einstein?

3. In what month did the 1914 meeting actually take place?

4. What did Bohr agree not to talk about before Heisenberg arrived?

5. Why was the situation in #95 problematic?

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