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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does fission produce BEFORE the final product?
(a) Mercury
(b) Neptunium
(c) Plutonium
(d) Uranium

2. What is the name of the Bohr’s son who features most prominently in the play?
(a) Niels
(b) Wilhelm
(c) Sven
(d) Christian

3. How old is Heisenberg during the trip to Copenhagen in Act 1?
(a) Almost forty
(b) Almost fifty
(c) In his early twenties
(d) Almost thirty

4. Why is Heisenberg not in touch with the English physicists?
(a) Communications methods aren’t sophisticated enough
(b) Their countries are at war
(c) He has fallen out with them
(d) They are ignoring him

5. How does Heisenberg characterize their current situation?
(a) Challenging
(b) Impossibly difficult
(c) Irrational
(d) Mildly uncomfortable

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did Bohr estimate it would take to produce one gram of U-235?

2. How does Heisenberg characterize Bohr?

3. What kind of impression does Heisenberg make on his first stop with Bohr?

4. Where was the ski resort that all three main characters visited?

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

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