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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 Bohr consider to have ended before Heisenberg even arrives?
(a) His marriage
(b) His research
(c) Their friendship
(d) The war

2. What does Bohr initially think about Margrethe’s proposed activity?
(a) He is receptive to it
(b) He will see what Heisenberg thinks
(c) He finds the suggestion upsetting
(d) He doesn’t think they will do it

3. What metaphor does Margrethe use for their unanswered questions?
(a) Skiing
(b) Books
(c) Table tennis
(d) Ghosts

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How was the Gestapo monitoring Heisenberg?

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

3. What prevented Heisenberg’s last visit to the Bohrs?

4. How does Bohr claim he reacted to Heisenberg?

5. Why is Heisenberg not in touch with the English physicists?

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