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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What critical mass did Heisenberg think was needed for the bomb?
(a) One ton
(b) One gram
(c) 26,000 tons
(d) Fifty kilograms

2. How does Heisenberg react to Margrethe during the visit depicted in Act 1?
(a) Angrily
(b) With annoyance
(c) Happily
(d) Indifferently

3. How does Heisenberg propose that Bohr protect himself?
(a) Come to Germany
(b) De-bug his home
(c) Flee the country
(d) Make friends at the Embassy

4. When did Heisenberg try and fail to see the Bohrs for the second time?
(a) 1938
(b) 1937
(c) 1940
(d) 1939

5. Where was Bohr when Heisenberg accomplished his biggest scientific achievement?
(a) With Heisenberg
(b) At the Institute
(c) In Norway
(d) In Sweden

Short Answer Questions

1. From whose work does Heisenberg and Bohr’s own work stem?

2. What does Margrethe think that Heisenberg will never know?

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

4. To what period does Heisenberg compare his work with Bohr?

5. What does Heisenberg hesitate to accept scientifically?

(see the answer key)

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