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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 does Heisenberg think is the last variable in the quantum state of the atom?
(a) Its spin
(b) Its size
(c) Its location
(d) Its mass

2. When was the first time Heisenberg came to Copenhagen?
(a) 1924
(b) 1941
(c) 1921
(d) 1938

3. How did Heisenberg feel on Heligoland?
(a) Confused
(b) Frustrated
(c) Happy
(d) Furious

4. What did the scientists who made the bomb discover about the chain reaction?
(a) It was impossible to use cadmium
(b) It was impossible to do
(c) They needed far too much uranium
(d) It was faster than anticipated

5. Who made peace between Heisenberg and Bohr?
(a) Pauli
(b) Nobody ever did
(c) Margrethe
(d) Schrödinger

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Heisenberg’s main scientific achievement?

2. Where did Bohr work out complementarity?

3. What did Heisenberg’s theory need in order to work?

4. How does Heisenberg suggest they disprove the insult of his knowledge?

5. Which scientist insulted Heisenberg’s knowledge?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What did Heisenberg tell minor Nazi officials?

5. What would have happened if Heisenberg’s reactor had gone critical?

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

7. How much more time did Heisenberg think he needed to make his reaction work?

8. How did Heisenberg describe Schrödinger’s mechanics?

9. How did Heisenberg make revisions to his uncertainty paper?

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

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