View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How do Bohr and Heisenberg greet each other?
(a) Awkwardly
(b) Angrily
(c) Pleasantly
(d) Indifferently

3. What kind of impression does Heisenberg make on his first stop with Bohr?
(a) He already knows everybody
(b) A positive one
(c) A neutral one
(d) A negative one

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

5. How does Margrethe insult Heisenberg when he first arrives?
(a) She tells him he looks older
(b) She jokes about his wife
(c) She disdains German science
(d) She tells him to leave

6. How many of the object of Heisenberg’s envy exist in the United States?
(a) None
(b) More than thirty
(c) Thousands
(d) One

7. What animal did Schrödinger use in his example?
(a) A dog
(b) A cat
(c) A mouse
(d) A rat

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

9. In what area did Bohr make his first big discovery?
(a) Fission
(b) Atomic physics
(c) General mechanics
(d) Quantum theory

10. When did Heisenberg try and fail to see the Bohrs for the first time?
(a) 1940
(b) 1937
(c) 1939
(d) 1938

11. Who accompanied Heisenberg on his 1947 trip to Copenhagen?
(a) A British intelligence minder
(b) A Gestapo officer
(c) His son
(d) His wife

12. What does fission release?
(a) Heat
(b) Energy
(c) Motion
(d) Light

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

14. What does Margrethe find most objectionable about Heisenberg?
(a) His nationality
(b) His appearance
(c) His morals
(d) His manners

15. How often has Bohr gone skiing since Heisenberg last saw him?
(a) Every winter
(b) Rarely
(c) Not at all.
(d) Occasionally

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Heisenberg during the trip to Copenhagen in Act 1?

2. What does fission produce BEFORE the final product?

3. What does Bohr compare his partnership with Heisenberg to?

4. What does one need to fission the least common uranium isotope?

5. How does Margrethe refer to Weizsacker?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 393 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample