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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How has Bohr been treated by the occupying Germans?
(a) They have coddled him
(b) They have become his friends
(c) They have abused him
(d) They have ignored him

2. What uranium isotope is least common?
(a) U-2.
(b) U-238
(c) U-17
(d) U-235

3. What is the Nazi’s nickname for Heisenberg?
(a) The Good German
(b) The White Jew
(c) The Aryan Ideal
(d) The Stupid Genius

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

5. What does Bohr compare his partnership with Heisenberg to?
(a) Einstein’s work
(b) Heisenberg’s marriage to Elisabeth
(c) His marriage with Margrethe
(d) A business partnership

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Heisenberg’s justification for staying in Germany?

2. What does one need to fission the most common uranium isotope?

3. To what does Bohr compare fission?

4. What does Bohr initially think about Margrethe’s proposed activity?

5. Why does Bohr think that scientists are still working on fission?

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