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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) The University of Copenhagen
(b) Columbia University or the University of Chicago
(c) The Sorbonne or ENS in Paris
(d) Oxford or Cambridge

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

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

4. When did Heisenberg first leave Copenhagen?
(a) 1941
(b) 1927
(c) 1913
(d) 1947

5. What did Heisenberg achieve in 1924?
(a) He got married
(b) He graduated from college
(c) He finished his doctorate
(d) He learned about the atom

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal did Schrödinger use in his example?

2. At the beginning of the play, who is visiting whom?

3. Where do Heisenberg and Bohr go first on their latest visit?

4. In what month does Heisenberg think their 1941 meeting took place?

5. What does Heisenberg teach that is considered an act of resistance?

(see the answer key)

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