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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many of the object of Heisenberg’s envy exist in the United States?
(a) Thousands
(b) One
(c) None
(d) More than thirty

2. What uranium isotope is most common?
(a) U-2
(b) U-17
(c) U-238
(d) U-235

3. What is the name of the Bohr’s son who features most prominently in the play?
(a) Christian
(b) Sven
(c) Wilhelm
(d) Niels

4. What is the Nazi’s nickname for Heisenberg?
(a) The White Jew
(b) The Aryan Ideal
(c) The Good German
(d) The Stupid Genius

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month did the 1914 meeting actually take place?

2. What is Bohr’s religious heritage?

3. Why is Heisenberg not in touch with the English physicists?

4. To what does Bohr compare fission?

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

(see the answer key)

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