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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 unique about the game of cards that Heisenberg recalls?
(a) Heisenberg won
(b) Bohr won
(c) They both won a lot of money
(d) They both lost a lot of money

2. What is notable about Heisenberg’s accepting the chair at Leipzig?
(a) He was the youngest full professor in Germany
(b) He was as far as possible from Copenhagen
(c) He did not have a degree himself
(d) He did not know how to teach

3. What example does Heisenberg use to illustrate his theory?
(a) Sailing
(b) Bohr
(c) Skiing
(d) Copenhagen

4. Who made peace between Heisenberg and Bohr?
(a) Nobody ever did
(b) Margrethe
(c) Pauli
(d) Schrödinger

5. What language does Heisenberg want Bohr to speak?
(a) Scientific notation
(b) German
(c) English
(d) Plain language

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were Bohr’s rooms in 1924?

2. What did people pay attention to instead of Heisenberg’s discoveries?

3. How does Heisenberg refer to Weizsacker?

4. Where did Heisenberg have his moment of clarity?

5. What does one need to fission the least common uranium isotope?

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