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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Heisenberg when he first visited Copenhagen?
(a) 22
(b) 20
(c) 18
(d) 38

2. How long did Bohr and Heisenberg work together?
(a) Three years
(b) Five years
(c) A decade
(d) One year

3. Where was Bohr when Heisenberg accomplished his biggest scientific achievement?
(a) In Norway
(b) In Sweden
(c) With Heisenberg
(d) At the Institute

4. What does Heisenberg think is the last variable in the quantum state of the atom?
(a) Its spin
(b) Its size
(c) Its location
(d) Its mass

5. How old was Heisenberg when he took his chair at Leipzig?
(a) 26
(b) 36
(c) 21
(d) 32

6. What critical mass did Heisenberg think was needed for the bomb?
(a) One gram
(b) One ton
(c) 26,000 tons
(d) Fifty kilograms

7. What does Margrethe think that Heisenberg will never know?
(a) What is in his heart
(b) The reason he left Copenhagen
(c) Whom he really loves
(d) The reason he came to Copenhagen

8. What was the insult that a scientist gave of Heisenberg’s knowledge?
(a) That Heisenberg didn’t understand the physics of the bomb
(b) That Heisenberg was stubborn
(c) That Heisenberg was a Fascist
(d) That Heisenberg didn’t understand the math of the bomb

9. How did Heisenberg reconcile the problem in #96?
(a) He reconciled with Bohr
(b) He publicly refused to change his position
(c) He issued a press release
(d) He added a postscript to the paper

10. Which scientist insulted Heisenberg’s knowledge?
(a) Uhlenbeck
(b) Bohr
(c) Pauli
(d) Goudsmit

11. What did Heisenberg not understand when he had his moment of clarity?
(a) Matrix calculus
(b) Fission
(c) Wave mechanics
(d) Particle functions

12. In Heisenberg’s illustration of his theory, what or who is the nucleus?
(a) Bohr
(b) The mast
(c) Margrethe
(d) The heart

13. To whom do the scientists compare Einstein?
(a) Jesus Christ
(b) A priest
(c) The Pope
(d) God

14. What language does Heisenberg want Bohr to speak?
(a) Plain language
(b) Scientific notation
(c) English
(d) German

15. What did people pay attention to instead of Heisenberg’s discoveries?
(a) Bohr
(b) Oppenheimer
(c) Pauli
(d) Schrödinger

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Bohr’s opinion of Heisenberg’s resolution to his problem?

2. What non-scientific talent of Kramers’ do Heisenberg and Bohr discuss?

3. How did Heisenberg feel about Kramers?

4. What was Heisenberg’s main scientific achievement?

5. How did Heisenberg feel on Heligoland?

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