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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many of the object of Heisenberg’s envy exist in Germany?
(a) One
(b) More than thirty
(c) Thousands
(d) None

2. What does fission release?
(a) Heat
(b) Light
(c) Motion
(d) Energy

3. What happened after the SS brought Heisenberg in for questioning?
(a) They beat him
(b) They used him as a spy
(c) They put him in a concentration camp
(d) They let him go

4. What does one need to fission the least common uranium isotope?
(a) Regular neutrons
(b) Fast protons
(c) Regular protons
(d) Fast neutrons

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the official reason for Heisenberg’s 1941 visit?

2. Who is Elisabeth?

3. Why is Heisenberg not in touch with the English physicists?

4. What uranium isotope is least common?

5. How does Heisenberg refer to Weizsacker?

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