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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. Where was the ski resort that all three main characters visited?
(a) Leipzig
(b) Hamburg
(c) Tisvilde
(d) Copenhagen

2. What did Bohr do in the game of cards that Heisenberg recalls?
(a) He won with a straight
(b) He won with a fake straight
(c) He intentionally bluffed
(d) He folded

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

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

5. What happened after the SS brought Heisenberg in for questioning?
(a) They used him as a spy
(b) They let him go
(c) They beat him
(d) They put him in a concentration camp

Short Answer Questions

1. What segment of the population, important to Heisenberg and Bohr, has fled Germany because of the Nazis?

2. What animal did Schrödinger use in his example?

3. How does Heisenberg refer to Weizsacker?

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

5. What excuse does Bohr make for Heisenberg regarding this first stop?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was Schrödinger’s work that Heisenberg struggled to accept?

3. What is strange about Schrödinger’s cat?

4. What does Heisenberg claim are the differences in torment between Oppenheimer and himself?

5. What does Heisenberg claim Bohr said to him when they spoke?

6. How does the audience know when fission was invented?

7. What conflict does the rift between Bohr and Heisenberg is Margrethe reminded of?

8. Why does Bohr say that he is a mathematically curious entity?

9. What is the religious relationship between Bohr and Heisenberg that is alluded to throughout the play?

10. What is the German Cultural Institute?

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