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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Heisenberg’s main scientific achievement?
(a) A series of mathematical proofs
(b) His uncertainty paper
(c) His work on the atom with Bohr
(d) His wave theorem

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

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

4. What thought process does Bohr love that Heisenberg does not?
(a) Mathematical thinking
(b) Linear thinking
(c) Metaphors
(d) Paradoxes

5. What does Bohr compare his partnership with Heisenberg to?
(a) Heisenberg’s marriage to Elisabeth
(b) His marriage with Margrethe
(c) Einstein’s work
(d) A business partnership

Short Answer Questions

1. Which scientist insulted Heisenberg’s knowledge?

2. When did Heisenberg’s most important visit to Copenhagen take place?

3. What does fission produce BEFORE the final product?

4. How did Heisenberg feel about Kramers?

5. When did Heisenberg try and fail to see the Bohrs for the second time?

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