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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What activity does Margrethe suggest for the two men?
(a) Skiing
(b) Table-tennis
(c) Sailing
(d) Walking

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

3. What did Heisenberg not understand when he had his moment of clarity?
(a) Matrix calculus
(b) Fission
(c) Particle functions
(d) Wave mechanics

4. What is the main barrier between Heisenberg and Bohr at the beginning of the former’s visit?
(a) Jealousy
(b) A romantic relationship
(c) Margrethe
(d) Their nationalities

5. How long did Bohr estimate it would take to produce one gram of U-235?
(a) They could do it instantly
(b) 26,000 years
(c) Ten years
(d) A century

Short Answer Questions

1. What metaphor does Margrethe use for their unanswered questions?

2. What does Heisenberg still insist works?

3. What do the men do at the end of the play?

4. Where did the Borhs eventually go during the war?

5. How long does Heisenberg and Bohr’s present walk in Act I last?

(see the answer key)

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