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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. How long did Bohr estimate it would take to produce one gram of U-235?

2. What prevented Heisenberg’s last visit to the Bohrs?

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

4. When did Heisenberg try and fail to see the Bohrs for the first time?

5. How does Margrethe refer to Weizsacker?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the Bohrs often go to Tisvilde?

2. What relationship does Heisenberg draw between skiing and thinking?

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

4. Where have most of the German physicists gone?

5. Why did Fermi go to Chicago?

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

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

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

9. When was fission invented?

10. What conflict does the rift between Bohr and Heisenberg is Margrethe reminded of?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Both Heisenberg and Bohr were important scientists of the twentieth century. Research their work. What were their final, most enduring contributions to science? Which can be read metaphorically, in the context of the play?

Essay Topic 2

Heisenberg both harms and hurts the Bohrs in numerous ways. What does he do to help them, and which of his actions place them at risk? What are the repercussions of both kinds of actions? On the other hand, how do the Bohrs influence Heisenberg’s life?

Essay Topic 3

Heisenberg is a German, and Bohr is a Dane. Discuss nationality and its significance in Copenhagen. How would the play be different if the two men were both of one nationality, or the other?

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