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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 Bohr’s criticism of Heisenberg’s thought process?
(a) He only cares about practicalities
(b) He only cares about math
(c) He doesn’t care about science
(d) He doesn’t care about the political repercussions of his work

2. What is Bohr’s conception of the work that the two scientists did together in the 1920s?
(a) They put man at the center of the universe
(b) They proved the existence of God
(c) They solved the mystery of the atom
(d) They made science accessible to all

3. What did people pay attention to instead of Heisenberg’s discoveries?
(a) Pauli
(b) Oppenheimer
(c) Bohr
(d) Schrödinger

4. How did Bohr almost kill Kramers?
(a) With a pistol
(b) With a bomb
(c) With a mine
(d) In a duel

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Heisenberg claim about his attitude towards the bomb?

2. Where did Heisenberg have his moment of clarity?

3. What critical mass did Heisenberg think was needed for the bomb?

4. What does the uncertainty principle pertain to?

5. What does Heisenberg respond to Bohr’s claim in question #155?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Einstein’s theory important to Heisenberg’s work?

2. What was the impetus for Heisenberg’s attaining the chair at Leipzig?

3. What were the conditions under which Heisenberg was allowed to practice science after the war?

4. What is Heisenberg’s plan (according to him, in present day) for talking to Bohr about the atomic project?

5. What extreme act does Heisenberg claim that Bohr would have been justified in doing?

6. What did people think about Heisenberg’s reaction to Schrödinger’s mechanics?

7. What could have happened to the reactor in Haigerloch?

8. Who oversees Heisenberg’s research in Germany?

9. What did Einstein show about measurement?

10. In 1942, where is the German project in relationship to the American atomic project?

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