View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is fired in fission?
(a) An electron
(b) A proton
(c) A neutron
(d) An atom

2. Given Bohr’s conception of their work, what does Margrethe thus claim that Heisenberg can’t see?
(a) Himself
(b) Her
(c) Bohr
(d) Copenhagen

3. How long did Bohr estimate it would take to produce one gram of U-235?
(a) They could do it instantly
(b) Ten years
(c) 26,000 years
(d) A century

4. How old was Heisenberg when he took his chair at Leipzig?
(a) 32
(b) 36
(c) 21
(d) 26

5. What is Heisenberg’s response to Bohr’s criticism of his thought process?
(a) He cares deeply about the Nazi party
(b) Math is sense
(c) He has been a respected member of their field for decades
(d) Science is about practicalities

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Heisenberg claim that Bohr is illustrating as he discusses the aforementioned problem?

2. When did Bohr make his first big discovery?

3. Other than Leipzig, where else might Heisenberg have gone?

4. What example does Heisenberg use to illustrate his theory?

5. Where did Heisenberg have his moment of clarity?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 195 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample