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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What excuse does Bohr make for Heisenberg regarding this first stop?

2. How does Margrethe insult Heisenberg when he first arrives?

3. In what area did Bohr make his first big discovery?

4. How old are the characters during the play?

5. What does fission release?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the Bohrs often go to Tisvilde?

2. What was Jensen’s claim about Heisenberg’s visit?

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

4. What was Schrödinger’s work that Heisenberg struggled to accept?

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

6. What excuse does Heisenberg make to Margrethe for leaving?

7. What joke does Bohr make about skiing?

8. What role does Heisenberg think Bohr could have played, but didn’t, in the atomic project?

9. What does Heisenberg claim are the political implications of what he was saying to Bohr?

10. What did Heisenberg say (in the past) about Jensen’s claim?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Skiing is used as a metaphor throughout the play. Discuss Heisenberg’s assertion that making no decision would lead to death. What is the significance of “swerving” in the context of Copenhagen?

Essay Topic 2

Margrethe states that Bohr’s refusal to continue the conversation was an act of friendship. What does she mean by this? How is this possible? What might have happened if Bohr had continued the conversation?

Essay Topic 3

Many titles are possible for this play. Why has Frayn chosen to title it after the city of Copenhagen when so many other issues are at stake?

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