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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How has Bohr been treated by the occupying Germans?
(a) They have ignored him
(b) They have abused him
(c) They have coddled him
(d) They have become his friends

2. At the beginning of the play, who is visiting whom?
(a) Bohr is visiting Heisenberg
(b) Heisenberg is visiting Bohr
(c) Bohr is visiting Margrethe
(d) Margrethe is visiting Bohr

3. How long did Bohr estimate it would take to produce one gram of U-235?
(a) 26,000 years
(b) They could do it instantly
(c) A century
(d) Ten years

4. How does Heisenberg react to Margrethe during the visit depicted in Act 1?
(a) Indifferently
(b) Angrily
(c) Happily
(d) With annoyance

5. How does Margrethe refer to Weizsacker?
(a) Our enemy
(b) Our friend
(c) Your friend
(d) Your enemy

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened after the SS brought Heisenberg in for questioning?

2. What is the main barrier between Heisenberg and Bohr at the beginning of the former’s visit?

3. Who is protecting the Bohrs, according to Heisenberg?

4. Where did Heisenberg and Bohr first meet?

5. What segment of the population, important to Heisenberg and Bohr, has fled Germany because of the Nazis?

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