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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 doesn’t care about the political repercussions of his work
(b) He only cares about math
(c) He doesn’t care about science
(d) He only cares about practicalities

2. What does Heisenberg respond to Bohr’s claim in question #155?
(a) He will never accept it
(b) He accepted it in 1927
(c) He privately accepted it
(d) He demonstrated its insufficiency

3. What did Heisenberg do in Japan?
(a) He participated in a tea ceremony
(b) He jumped off a building
(c) He climbed a pagoda
(d) He observed the spring flowers

4. What does Einstein’s work do for Bohr?
(a) Resolves his doubts
(b) Makes him question his work
(c) Confirms his theory
(d) Confuses him

5. Why was the situation in #95 problematic?
(a) Because he hated Kramers
(b) Because Heisenberg and Bohr had argued
(c) Because he had already publicly rejected it
(d) Because there was no cadmium in the area

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Heisenberg think is the last variable in the quantum state of the atom?

2. What season was it when Heisenberg first visited Copenhagen?

3. What was strange about Heisenberg’s attempts to speak English?

4. Where was Bohr when Heisenberg accomplished his biggest scientific achievement?

5. Why did Heisenberg leave Bohr?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Heisenberg tell minor Nazi officials?

3. How did Heisenberg describe Schrödinger’s mechanics?

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

5. How did Bohr react during the events of Christian’s death?

6. Why didn’t the worst happen to the reactor in Haigerloch?

7. What does Heisenberg claim to think about his own plan for talking to Bohr about the atomic projects in Copenhagen?

8. What did Einstein show about measurement?

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

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

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