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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the official reason for Heisenberg’s 1941 visit?
(a) A lecture about fission
(b) He has come to see Bohr
(c) An astrophysics lecture
(d) He is shopping for a cyclotron

2. Why are the consequences for Germany of Bohr’s explanation for the number of Heisenerg’s coveted object in Germany?
(a) A famine is taking place
(b) They have a smaller population
(c) The science is left to inferior scientists
(d) German knowledge is less widespread

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

4. According to Margrethe, what happened every time Heisenberg tried to explain why he visited?
(a) People stopped listening
(b) His reasons became less clear
(c) They understood more
(d) Bohr got angrier

5. In retrospect, what do Heisenberg and Bohr doubt about their first meeting?
(a) The language they spoke in
(b) The season
(c) What they debated
(d) Where they went

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old is Heisenberg during the trip to Copenhagen in Act 1?

3. What does Bohr compare his partnership with Heisenberg to?

4. Where did Heisenberg and Bohr first meet?

5. Why is Margrethe afraid of Heisenberg’s visit?

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