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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Heisenberg invite Bohr?

2. What did Heisenberg achieve in 1924?

3. How was the Gestapo monitoring Heisenberg?

4. What did Bohr agree not to talk about before Heisenberg arrived?

5. How does Heisenberg react to Margrethe during the visit depicted in Act 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is strange about Schrödinger’s cat?

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

4. What did Heisenberg say (in the past) about Jensen’s claim?

5. What excuse does Heisenberg make to Margrethe for leaving?

6. Why do the Bohrs often go to Tisvilde?

7. What atomic programs exist in Germany in 1941?

8. What does Heisenberg claim are the differences in torment between Oppenheimer and himself?

9. What were Kramers’ main personality traits, as the play describes them?

10. What is the major conflict over what Heisenberg said to Bohr?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Elsinore is a place with very specific literary roots. What are these roots, according to the play? Research the real-life location. Why might it be an appropriate setting for some of Bohr and Heisenberg’s contributions to science?

Essay Topic 2

Heisenberg implies that Bohr is just as guilty as he is for having worked with the Americans at Los Alamos. Research the project at Los Alamos and its repercussions. Write a persuasive essay in which you defend Bohr’s innocence or justify his guilt.

Essay Topic 3

Heisenberg and Bohr meet three times, under vastly different circumstances. What are these circumstances? How far removed are they in time, and in place? What has changed between each meeting?

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