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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. In what month did the 1914 meeting actually take place?
(a) September
(b) October
(c) December
(d) November

2. What inspired the Nazi’s nickname for Heisenberg?
(a) His interest in atomic physics
(b) His interest in theoretical physics
(c) His loyalty to their cause
(d) His mistaken calculations

3. How has Bohr been treated by the occupying Germans?
(a) They have coddled him
(b) They have abused him
(c) They have ignored him
(d) They have become his friends

4. How does Heisenberg propose that Bohr protect himself?
(a) Come to Germany
(b) De-bug his home
(c) Make friends at the Embassy
(d) Flee the country

5. What does fission release?
(a) Motion
(b) Heat
(c) Energy
(d) Light

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month does Heisenberg think their 1941 meeting took place?

2. When did Heisenberg’s most important visit to Copenhagen take place?

3. How old are the characters during the play?

4. What train did Heisenberg take in 1941?

5. What was unique about the game of cards that Heisenberg recalls?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why do the Bohrs often go to Tisvilde?

3. What joke does Bohr make about skiing?

4. What relationship does Heisenberg draw between skiing and thinking?

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

6. Why did Fermi go to Chicago?

7. When was fission invented?

8. What feelings did Heisenberg have towards Kramers?

9. What role does Heisenberg think Bohr could have played, but didn’t, in the atomic project?

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

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