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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 tells him he looks older
(b) She tells him to leave
(c) She disdains German science
(d) She jokes about his wife

2. To whom do the scientists compare Einstein?
(a) Jesus Christ
(b) God
(c) A priest
(d) The Pope

3. What is Bohr’s conception of the work that the two scientists did together in the 1920s?
(a) They made science accessible to all
(b) They proved the existence of God
(c) They put man at the center of the universe
(d) They solved the mystery of the atom

4. What does Heisenberg teach that is considered an act of resistance?
(a) Electro-magnetism
(b) Relativity
(c) Atomic physics
(d) Theoretical physics

5. Other than Leipzig, where else might Heisenberg have gone?
(a) Oxford or Cambridge
(b) Columbia University or the University of Chicago
(c) The Sorbonne or ENS in Paris
(d) The University of Copenhagen

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Heisenberg try and fail to see the Bohrs for the first time?

2. What metaphor does Margrethe use for their unanswered questions?

3. What is Heisenberg’s response to Bohr’s criticism of his thought process?

4. When did Heisenberg’s most important visit to Copenhagen take place?

5. What does Heisenberg imply Weizsacker might have told Bohr?

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