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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 does Margrethe think that Heisenberg will never know?

2. What does Margrethe say about Heisenberg and uncertainty?

3. In what direction is Tisvilde?

4. Why was the situation in #95 problematic?

5. What is Bohr’s criticism of Heisenberg’s thought process?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why didn’t the worst happen to the reactor in Haigerloch?

2. What does Heisenberg say about his understanding of the bomb?

3. What extreme act does Heisenberg claim that Bohr would have been justified in doing?

4. What tendency does Bohr claim that Margrethe has?

5. What was strange about the cadmium that Heisenberg had in Haigerloch?

6. Who oversees Heisenberg’s research in Germany?

7. What was the impetus for Heisenberg’s attaining the chair at Leipzig?

8. How did Bohr react during the events of Christian’s death?

9. What would have happened if Heisenberg’s reactor had gone critical?

10. What does Otto Hahn want to do during the last months of the war?

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

The Bohrs had two sons who were lost to them. What is the significance of these sons? How does Heisenberg compare to them? What is the significance of this comparison?

Essay Topic 3

Margrethe makes various aside comments regarding Heisenberg. What is her opinion of him? Is it a static opinion, or does it change over the course of the play? If so, how, and why?

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