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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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

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

4. What excuse does Bohr make for Heisenberg regarding this first stop?
(a) He knew he was being watched
(b) He was embarrassed about being a German
(c) Everybody has always liked him
(d) He was trying to act invisible

5. What did the Bohrs invite Heisenberg to do during this visit?
(a) Discuss his most recent discoveries
(b) Come to dinner
(c) Live with them
(d) Stay for the weekend

Short Answer Questions

1. Who accompanied Heisenberg on his 1947 trip to Copenhagen?

2. What did Heisenberg achieve in 1924?

3. Why are the consequences for Germany of Bohr’s explanation for the number of Heisenerg’s coveted object in Germany?

4. With whom did Bohr work that Heisenberg did not?

5. What was unique about the game of cards that Heisenberg recalls?

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