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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Heisenberg claim that Bohr is illustrating as he discusses the aforementioned problem?
(a) Uncertainty
(b) Schrödinger’s cat
(c) Complementarity
(d) Wave mechanics

2. Where was Bohr when Heisenberg accomplished his biggest scientific achievement?
(a) In Norway
(b) With Heisenberg
(c) In Sweden
(d) At the Institute

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

4. How old are the characters during the play?
(a) Middle age
(b) Old age
(c) It is unclear
(d) They are dead

5. What fallacious claim did Bohr initially make about fission?
(a) It cannot be used to produce weapons
(b) Cadmium is unnecessary
(c) The Americans must master it
(d) Germany will never understand it

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Bohr think Heisenberg’s visit might be apolitical?

2. To what does Bohr compare fission?

3. What explanation does Bohr give for the number of Heisenberg’s coveted object in Germany?

4. How has Bohr been treated by the occupying Germans?

5. Where did Bohr have his most important insight, according to Heisenberg?

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