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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does one need to fission the least common uranium isotope?
(a) Regular neutrons
(b) Fast protons
(c) Regular protons
(d) Fast neutrons

3. What did Heisenberg achieve in 1924?
(a) He finished his doctorate
(b) He learned about the atom
(c) He graduated from college
(d) He got married

4. What would the consequences be for Heisenberg if his government knew what he was doing in Copenhagen?
(a) He would be shot
(b) He would be forbidden to travel
(c) He would be put on trial
(d) There wouldn’t be any

5. How has Bohr been treated by the occupying Germans?
(a) They have ignored him
(b) They have become his friends
(c) They have abused him
(d) They have coddled him

6. How does Heisenberg characterize Bohr?
(a) As a failure
(b) As a father
(c) As a drunk
(d) As a husband

7. What excuse does Bohr make for Heisenberg regarding this first stop?
(a) He was trying to act invisible
(b) He was embarrassed about being a German
(c) He knew he was being watched
(d) Everybody has always liked him

8. How old is Heisenberg in relationship to the Bohrs’ eldest son?
(a) It is unclear
(b) The same age
(c) Younger
(d) Older

9. In what month did the 1914 meeting actually take place?
(a) October
(b) December
(c) November
(d) September

10. Why are the consequences for Germany of Bohr’s explanation for the number of Heisenerg’s coveted object in Germany?
(a) A famine is taking place
(b) They have a smaller population
(c) The science is left to inferior scientists
(d) German knowledge is less widespread

11. What is the second thing that Heisenberg thinks he will remain famous for?
(a) His work with the Embassy
(b) His visit to Copenhagen
(c) His death
(d) His marriage

12. What area is Bohr the acknowledged expert in?
(a) Fission
(b) Magnetism
(c) Waves
(d) Reactions

13. Other than Leipzig, where else might Heisenberg have gone?
(a) Oxford or Cambridge
(b) The University of Copenhagen
(c) Columbia University or the University of Chicago
(d) The Sorbonne or ENS in Paris

14. What happened after the SS brought Heisenberg in for questioning?
(a) They put him in a concentration camp
(b) They beat him
(c) They used him as a spy
(d) They let him go

15. How old are the characters during the play?
(a) They are dead
(b) Old age
(c) It is unclear
(d) Middle age

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bohr claim he reacted to Heisenberg?

2. How many of the object of Heisenberg’s envy exist in Germany?

3. Where did Bohr have his most important insight, according to Heisenberg?

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

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

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