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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the elder of the scientists?
(a) They are the same age
(b) Bohr
(c) It is unclear
(d) Heisenberg

2. In what month does Heisenberg think their 1941 meeting took place?
(a) December
(b) October
(c) September
(d) November

3. How does Heisenberg characterize their current situation?
(a) Mildly uncomfortable
(b) Challenging
(c) Irrational
(d) Impossibly difficult

4. What activity does Margrethe suggest for the two men?
(a) Table-tennis
(b) Skiing
(c) Sailing
(d) Walking

5. Where was the ski resort that all three main characters visited?
(a) Copenhagen
(b) Tisvilde
(c) Leipzig
(d) Hamburg

6. What segment of the population, important to Heisenberg and Bohr, has fled Germany because of the Nazis?
(a) Jewish scientists
(b) Conscientious objectors
(c) Jewish writers
(d) Apolitical scientists

7. What fallacious claim did Bohr initially make about fission?
(a) It cannot be used to produce weapons
(b) The Americans must master it
(c) Germany will never understand it
(d) Cadmium is unnecessary

8. What does fission produce BEFORE the final product?
(a) Mercury
(b) Uranium
(c) Plutonium
(d) Neptunium

9. Why is Margrethe afraid of Heisenberg’s visit?
(a) She is afraid he will turn them in to the Nazi party
(b) She does not know what he will say to Bohr
(c) She is afraid he will reveal a secret
(d) She thinks they will look like collaborators

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

11. What uranium isotope is least common?
(a) U-235
(b) U-17
(c) U-2.
(d) U-238

12. What is the reason for the frequency of Bohr’s skiing and sailing trips?
(a) The areas are occupied by the Germans
(b) He is looking for distraction
(c) He needs the relaxation
(d) He has been busy with his science

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

14. Why does Bohr think Heisenberg’s visit might be apolitical?
(a) Bohr is a Dane and Heisenberg is a German
(b) They have different political views
(c) Scientists don’t care about politics
(d) Their work is only in theoretical physics

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Heisenberg, how do people usually react to Bohr?

2. What did the Bohrs invite Heisenberg to do during this visit?

3. What did Bohr agree not to talk about before Heisenberg arrived?

4. What kind of impression does Heisenberg make on his first stop with Bohr?

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

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