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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the ski resort that all three main characters visited?
(a) Tisvilde
(b) Leipzig
(c) Hamburg
(d) Copenhagen

2. What segment of the population, important to Heisenberg and Bohr, has fled Germany because of the Nazis?
(a) Conscientious objectors
(b) Jewish writers
(c) Jewish scientists
(d) Apolitical scientists

3. Why are the consequences for Germany of Bohr’s explanation for the number of Heisenerg’s coveted object in Germany?
(a) German knowledge is less widespread
(b) The science is left to inferior scientists
(c) A famine is taking place
(d) They have a smaller population

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

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

6. How old are the characters during the play?
(a) Middle age
(b) It is unclear
(c) Old age
(d) They are dead

7. Where do Heisenberg and Bohr go first on their latest visit?
(a) Heisenberg’s office
(b) For a walk in the park
(c) Bohr’s home
(d) Bohr’s office

8. Who is Elisabeth?
(a) Heisenberg’s assistant
(b) Heisenberg’s wife
(c) Heisenberg’s daughter
(d) Bohr’s daughter

9. What metaphor does Margrethe use for their unanswered questions?
(a) Ghosts
(b) Table tennis
(c) Books
(d) Skiing

10. When did Heisenberg’s most important visit to Copenhagen take place?
(a) 1947
(b) 1941
(c) 1924
(d) 1953

11. What does fission produce BEFORE the final product?
(a) Mercury
(b) Neptunium
(c) Uranium
(d) Plutonium

12. What excuse does Bohr make for Heisenberg regarding this first stop?
(a) Everybody has always liked him
(b) He was embarrassed about being a German
(c) He was trying to act invisible
(d) He knew he was being watched

13. What is Heisenberg currently teaching?
(a) Fission
(b) He is not teaching
(c) Theoretical physics
(d) Nuclear physics

14. What did Heisenberg achieve in 1924?
(a) He finished his doctorate
(b) He learned about the atom
(c) He graduated from college
(d) He got married

15. What did Bohr agree not to talk about before Heisenberg arrived?
(a) Personal matters
(b) Science
(c) Margrethe
(d) Politics

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Bohr make his first big discovery?

2. What does Bohr consider to have ended before Heisenberg even arrives?

3. Why does Bohr think that scientists are still working on fission?

4. How does Heisenberg react to Margrethe during the visit depicted in Act 1?

5. When was the last time Heisenberg had seen the Bohrs?

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