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

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

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

4. How does Bohr claim he reacted to Heisenberg?
(a) With confusion
(b) Angrily
(c) With ignorance
(d) Calmly

5. Where does Heisenberg invite Bohr?
(a) To the USA
(b) To Tisvilde
(c) To Elsinore
(d) To Germany

Short Answer Questions

1. How was the Gestapo monitoring Heisenberg?

2. What did Heisenberg achieve in 1924?

3. What kind of impression does Heisenberg make on his first stop with Bohr?

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

5. What is Heisenberg currently teaching?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the Bohrs often go to Tisvilde?

2. Where have most of the German physicists gone?

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

4. What atomic programs exist in Germany in 1941?

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

6. What are Heisenberg’s recollections of post-World War I Germany?

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

8. What role did Bohr play in the atomic project?

9. Other than Heisenberg, who is the major German physicist still working in Germany?

10. What is the uncertainty principle?

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