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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Margrethe insult Heisenberg when he first arrives?
(a) She jokes about his wife
(b) She disdains German science
(c) She tells him to leave
(d) She tells him he looks older

2. What does fission release?
(a) Energy
(b) Heat
(c) Light
(d) Motion

3. What does Bohr consider to have ended before Heisenberg even arrives?
(a) The war
(b) His research
(c) Their friendship
(d) His marriage

4. Where did Bohr have his most important insight, according to Heisenberg?
(a) Columbia
(b) Chicago
(c) Princeton
(d) Oxford

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Heisenberg teach that is considered an act of resistance?

3. How often has Bohr gone sailing since Heisenberg last saw him?

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

5. What is the main barrier between Heisenberg and Bohr at the beginning of the former’s visit?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is strange about Schrödinger’s cat?

2. What is the religious relationship between Bohr and Heisenberg that is alluded to throughout the play?

3. Why does Bohr say that he is a mathematically curious entity?

4. What does Heisenberg claim Bohr said to him when they spoke?

5. What role did Bohr play in the atomic project?

6. What did Heisenberg consult with Bohr about in 1932?

7. Why does Bohr think the Allied scientists were working on the bomb?

8. What is the familial relationship between Bohr and Heisenberg that is alluded to throughout the play?

9. What is the tone of Bohr’s joke about skiing?

10. How does Heisenberg speak about Germany?

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