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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was problematic about Heisenberg’s great discovery?
(a) He did not understand fission
(b) It was later disproved
(c) The phenomenon he witnessed could be attributed to another factor
(d) He did not discuss it with Bohr

3. How often has Bohr gone skiing since Heisenberg last saw him?
(a) Occasionally
(b) Not at all.
(c) Rarely
(d) Every winter

4. What animal did Schrödinger use in his example?
(a) A mouse
(b) A rat
(c) A dog
(d) A cat

5. What is fired in fission?
(a) A proton
(b) An atom
(c) A neutron
(d) An electron

Short Answer Questions

1. From whose work does Heisenberg and Bohr’s own work stem?

2. What non-scientific talent of Kramers’ do Heisenberg and Bohr discuss?

3. Who made peace between Heisenberg and Bohr?

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

5. What season was it when Heisenberg first visited Copenhagen?

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