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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who accompanied Heisenberg on his 1947 trip to Copenhagen?
(a) A British intelligence minder
(b) His wife
(c) A Gestapo officer
(d) His son

4. What is Bohr’s religious heritage?
(a) He is half Jewish
(b) He is Catholic
(c) He is agnostic
(d) He is fully Jewish

5. What is the official reason for Heisenberg’s 1941 visit?
(a) He is shopping for a cyclotron
(b) He has come to see Bohr
(c) A lecture about fission
(d) An astrophysics lecture

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the main barrier between Heisenberg and Bohr at the beginning of the former’s visit?

2. How old are the characters during the play?

3. With whom did Bohr work that Heisenberg did not?

4. What does Bohr compare his partnership with Heisenberg to?

5. What is the Nazi’s nickname for Heisenberg?

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