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

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

3. What does Bohr compare his partnership with Heisenberg to?
(a) Heisenberg’s marriage to Elisabeth
(b) Einstein’s work
(c) His marriage with Margrethe
(d) A business partnership

4. How often has Bohr gone sailing since Heisenberg last saw him?
(a) Rarely
(b) Occasionally
(c) Not at all
(d) Every summer

5. How does Bohr claim he reacted to Heisenberg?
(a) With confusion
(b) Angrily
(c) Calmly
(d) With ignorance

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Margrethe, what happened every time Heisenberg tried to explain why he visited?

3. With whom did Bohr work that Heisenberg did not?

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

5. Where did Heisenberg and Bohr first meet?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Where is it first reported in Europe that the Americans are working on a bomb?

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

5. What is strange about Schrödinger’s cat?

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

7. What is the conflict Bohr and Heisenberg have over Gamow and Casimir?

8. When was fission invented?

9. What were Kramers’ main personality traits, as the play describes them?

10. What are Heisenberg’s recollections of post-World War I Germany?

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