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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 tells him he looks older
(b) She tells him to leave
(c) She disdains German science
(d) She jokes about his wife

2. 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 does not know what he will say to Bohr
(d) She thinks they will look like collaborators

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

4. How does Heisenberg react to Margrethe during the visit depicted in Act 1?
(a) Angrily
(b) Indifferently
(c) With annoyance
(d) Happily

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

6. Why does Bohr think that scientists are still working on fission?
(a) His early work was erroneous
(b) There is magic in it
(c) There is a lot left to be discovered
(d) He does not think that they are working on it

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

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

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

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

11. To what does Bohr compare fission?
(a) Magic
(b) Cooking
(c) Alchemy
(d) An hourglass

12. What is the name of the Bohr’s son who features most prominently in the play?
(a) Niels
(b) Christian
(c) Sven
(d) Wilhelm

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

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

15. Why is Heisenberg not in touch with the English physicists?
(a) He has fallen out with them
(b) Their countries are at war
(c) Communications methods aren’t sophisticated enough
(d) They are ignoring him

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Bohr consider to have ended before Heisenberg even arrives?

4. What is Heisenberg’s justification for staying in Germany?

5. When was the last time Heisenberg had seen the Bohrs?

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