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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Bohr have his most important insight, according to Heisenberg?
(a) Oxford
(b) Columbia
(c) Princeton
(d) Chicago

3. How does Bohr claim he reacted to Heisenberg?
(a) Calmly
(b) Angrily
(c) With confusion
(d) With ignorance

4. In what month does Heisenberg think their 1941 meeting took place?
(a) November
(b) October
(c) December
(d) September

5. At the beginning of the play, who is visiting whom?
(a) Bohr is visiting Heisenberg
(b) Margrethe is visiting Bohr
(c) Bohr is visiting Margrethe
(d) Heisenberg is visiting Bohr

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Heisenberg propose that Bohr protect himself?

2. What is fired at in fission?

3. According to Heisenberg, how do people usually react to Bohr?

4. What area is Bohr the acknowledged expert in?

5. What does Bohr consider to have ended before Heisenberg even arrives?

(see the answer key)

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