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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the men walk during Heisenberg’s first visit?
(a) Around the gardens
(b) To Tisvilde
(c) To Elsinore
(d) Faelled Park

2. What kind of impression does Heisenberg make on his first stop with Bohr?
(a) A negative one
(b) A neutral one
(c) He already knows everybody
(d) A positive one

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

4. What does Heisenberg hesitate to accept scientifically?
(a) Schrödinger’s wave mechanics
(b) Bohr’s theories of the atom
(c) Kramer’s theories of fission
(d) The uncertainty principle

5. In Act 2, how does Margrethe attempt to cut the tension between the two men?
(a) By scolding them
(b) By changing the subject
(c) By reminding them of the old days
(d) By offering tea and cake

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the men do at the end of the play?

2. What would the consequences be for Heisenberg if his government knew what he was doing in Copenhagen?

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

4. Where did Heisenberg and Bohr first meet?

5. What is fired at in fission?

(see the answer key)

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