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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Heisenberg claim about his attitude towards the bomb?
(a) He assumed it was impossible
(b) He went too fast
(c) He assumed it was possible
(d) He tried as hard as possible to make it work

2. Where did the men walk during Heisenberg’s first visit?
(a) Faelled Park
(b) To Tisvilde
(c) Around the gardens
(d) To Elsinore

3. How does Heisenberg suggest Bohr might have killed him?
(a) By giving him up to the SS
(b) With a mine
(c) By strangling him
(d) With a cap pistol

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

5. Why does Bohr think Heisenberg’s visit might be apolitical?
(a) They have different political views
(b) Bohr is a Dane and Heisenberg is a German
(c) Scientists don’t care about politics
(d) Their work is only in theoretical physics

Short Answer Questions

1. In what area did Bohr make his first big discovery?

2. What explanation does Bohr give for the number of Heisenberg’s coveted object in Germany?

3. In Heisenberg’s illustration of his theory, what or who is the nucleus?

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

5. What did Heisenberg do in Japan?

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