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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Heisenberg not understand when he had his moment of clarity?
(a) Particle functions
(b) Matrix calculus
(c) Wave mechanics
(d) Fission

2. What was the insult that a scientist gave of Heisenberg’s knowledge?
(a) That Heisenberg didn’t understand the math of the bomb
(b) That Heisenberg was stubborn
(c) That Heisenberg didn’t understand the physics of the bomb
(d) That Heisenberg was a Fascist

3. In Heisenberg’s illustration of his theory, what or who is an electron?
(a) Margrethe
(b) Blood
(c) Bohr
(d) A buoy

4. What example does Heisenberg use to illustrate his theory?
(a) Skiing
(b) Bohr
(c) Sailing
(d) Copenhagen

5. What does Heisenberg say about the years they worked together?
(a) That they were amazing
(b) That it was always winter
(c) That he longed to escape
(d) That they felt long

6. What season was it when Heisenberg first visited Copenhagen?
(a) Winter
(b) Spring
(c) Summer
(d) Fall

7. What was strange about Heisenberg’s attempts to speak English?
(a) He was perfectly fluent
(b) Bohr thought he was trying to speak in Danish
(c) He didn’t know a word of it
(d) He spoke in German

8. How did Heisenberg feel about Kramers?
(a) Friendly
(b) Guilty
(c) Ignorant
(d) Jealous

9. What is Bohr’s opinion of Heisenberg’s resolution to his problem?
(a) He did not notice it
(b) He thinks it goes overboard
(c) He thinks it is insufficient
(d) He is confused by it

10. What event took place the year Heisenberg first came to Copenhagen?
(a) The Bohrs had a daughter
(b) Heisenberg was married
(c) Margrethe gave birth to a son
(d) The Bohrs were married

11. What does Heisenberg claim about his attitude towards the bomb?
(a) He assumed it was possible
(b) He assumed it was impossible
(c) He went too fast
(d) He tried as hard as possible to make it work

12. Where did Heisenberg have his moment of clarity?
(a) In Tisvilde
(b) In Leipzig
(c) In Copenhagen
(d) On Heligoland

13. What does Margrethe say about Heisenberg and uncertainty?
(a) He has an affinity for it
(b) He will never understand it
(c) It doesn’t make any sense
(d) He misunderstood it in the past

14. To whom do the scientists compare Einstein?
(a) God
(b) A priest
(c) The Pope
(d) Jesus Christ

15. Where were Heisenberg’s rooms in 1924?
(a) In a modern apartment building
(b) In servants’ quarters at the Institute
(c) In a palace
(d) In comfortable quarters at the Institute

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Heisenberg suggest Bohr might have killed him?

2. What does Heisenberg claim that Bohr is illustrating as he discusses the aforementioned problem?

3. In what direction is Elsinore Castle?

4. Why was the situation in #95 problematic?

5. Where did Bohr work out complementarity?

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