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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Heisenberg characterize their current situation?
(a) Impossibly difficult
(b) Mildly uncomfortable
(c) Challenging
(d) Irrational

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

3. How did Heisenberg feel on Heligoland?
(a) Furious
(b) Happy
(c) Confused
(d) Frustrated

4. Where were Heisenberg’s rooms in 1924?
(a) In servants’ quarters at the Institute
(b) In a palace
(c) In comfortable quarters at the Institute
(d) In a modern apartment building

5. How does Margrethe claim that Bohr reacted to Heisenberg?
(a) With confusion
(b) With ignorance
(c) Angrily
(d) Calmly

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Heisenberg’s response to Bohr’s criticism of his thought process?

2. What does fission release?

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

4. What uranium isotope is most common?

5. What area is Bohr the acknowledged expert in?

(see the answer key)

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