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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What prevented Heisenberg’s last visit to the Bohrs?
(a) His marriage
(b) The outbreak of war
(c) The death of their child
(d) An argument

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

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

6. When did Heisenberg first leave Copenhagen?
(a) 1947
(b) 1927
(c) 1913
(d) 1941

7. What is the first thing that Heisenberg thinks he will remain famous for?
(a) His skiing
(b) His Uncertainty Principle
(c) His friendship with Bohr
(d) His time at Tisvilde

8. What is the Nazi’s nickname for Heisenberg?
(a) The White Jew
(b) The Stupid Genius
(c) The Good German
(d) The Aryan Ideal

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

10. What metaphor does Margrethe use for their unanswered questions?
(a) Skiing
(b) Ghosts
(c) Books
(d) Table tennis

11. According to Heisenberg, how do people usually react to Bohr?
(a) With love
(b) With annoyance
(c) With mild admiration
(d) With mistrust

12. What does Bohr consider to have ended before Heisenberg even arrives?
(a) His marriage
(b) Their friendship
(c) His research
(d) The war

13. What explanation does Bohr give for the number of Heisenberg’s coveted object in Germany?
(a) The birthrate goes down during wartime
(b) The Jewish scientists have fled the country
(c) German funding has been cut
(d) German publications are printing less work

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

15. 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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Heisenberg propose that Bohr protect himself?

2. At the beginning of the play, who is visiting whom?

3. In what month does Heisenberg think their 1941 meeting took place?

4. What inspired the Nazi’s nickname for Heisenberg?

5. What does fission produce BEFORE the final product?

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