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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Heisenberg imply Weizsacker might have told Bohr?
(a) He would find protection at the German embassy
(b) Heisenberg wants to make amends
(c) He needs to flee Denmark
(d) He must hide his work from Margrethe

4. Where is Heisenberg currently working?
(a) Leipzig
(b) Copenhagen
(c) Munich
(d) Berlin

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Heisenberg characterize their current situation?

2. What area is Bohr the acknowledged expert in?

3. What is the official reason for Heisenberg’s 1941 visit?

4. What does Heisenberg feel, approaching the door to the Bohr’s home?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What were Kramers’ main personality traits, as the play describes them?

2. What is the uncertainty principle?

3. What joke does Bohr make about skiing?

4. What did Heisenberg say (in the past) about Jensen’s claim?

5. Why do the Bohrs often go to Tisvilde?

6. What atomic programs exist in Germany in 1941?

7. What did Heisenberg consult with Bohr about in 1932?

8. Where is it first reported in Europe that the Americans are working on a bomb?

9. What is the tone of Bohr’s joke about skiing?

10. What wartime experience has Heisenberg had that Bohr has not?

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