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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is protecting the Bohrs, according to Heisenberg?
(a) The Americans
(b) The English
(c) The Danes
(d) The German Embassy

3. What does Heisenberg teach that is considered an act of resistance?
(a) Atomic physics
(b) Relativity
(c) Electro-magnetism
(d) Theoretical physics

4. What does one need to fission the most common uranium isotope?
(a) Regular protons
(b) Fast protons
(c) Fast neutrons
(d) Regular neutrons

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

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

7. What inspired the Nazi’s nickname for Heisenberg?
(a) His interest in atomic physics
(b) His interest in theoretical physics
(c) His loyalty to their cause
(d) His mistaken calculations

8. In what month does Heisenberg think their 1941 meeting took place?
(a) September
(b) October
(c) December
(d) November

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

10. How do Bohr and Heisenberg greet each other?
(a) Angrily
(b) Indifferently
(c) Pleasantly
(d) Awkwardly

11. With whom did Bohr work that Heisenberg did not?
(a) Schrödinger
(b) Pauli
(c) Oppenheimer
(d) Einstein

12. What is the reason for the frequency of Bohr’s skiing and sailing trips?
(a) He is looking for distraction
(b) The areas are occupied by the Germans
(c) He needs the relaxation
(d) He has been busy with his science

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

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

15. What did Schrödinger’s animal have with it?
(a) Nothing
(b) Cyanide
(c) A treat
(d) A shotgun

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Bohr’s religious heritage?

2. What uranium isotope is most common?

3. What does Heisenberg imply Weizsacker might have told Bohr?

4. When did Heisenberg first leave Copenhagen?

5. How many of the object of Heisenberg’s envy exist in Germany?

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