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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Heisenberg achieve in 1924?
(a) He graduated from college
(b) He got married
(c) He learned about the atom
(d) He finished his doctorate

2. What did Heisenberg not understand when he had his moment of clarity?
(a) Fission
(b) Wave mechanics
(c) Matrix calculus
(d) Particle functions

3. What does Bohr consider to have ended before Heisenberg even arrives?
(a) His marriage
(b) The war
(c) His research
(d) Their friendship

4. How did Heisenberg reconcile the problem in #96?
(a) He issued a press release
(b) He reconciled with Bohr
(c) He publicly refused to change his position
(d) He added a postscript to the paper

5. Where were Bohr’s rooms in 1924?
(a) In a modern apartment building
(b) In comfortable quarters at the Institute
(c) In a palace
(d) In servants’ quarters at the Institute

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Bohr almost kill Kramers?

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

3. Why does Bohr think that scientists are still working on fission?

4. To what does Bohr compare fission?

5. What did Heisenberg’s theory need in order to work?

(see the answer key)

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