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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. What did Bohr do in the game of cards that Heisenberg recalls?

2. Why does Bohr think that scientists are still working on fission?

3. Who is protecting the Bohrs, according to Heisenberg?

4. How many of the object of Heisenberg’s envy exist in Germany?

5. What fallacious claim did Bohr initially make about fission?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Heisenberg’s recollections of post-World War I Germany?

2. What is strange about Schrödinger’s cat?

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

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

5. Where have most of the German physicists gone?

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

7. What was Schrödinger’s work that Heisenberg struggled to accept?

8. Why does Bohr think the Allied scientists were working on the bomb?

9. What is the tone of Bohr’s joke about skiing?

10. Why did Fermi go to Chicago?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Heisenberg both harms and hurts the Bohrs in numerous ways. What does he do to help them, and which of his actions place them at risk? What are the repercussions of both kinds of actions? On the other hand, how do the Bohrs influence Heisenberg’s life?

Essay Topic 2

On its surface, the play seems to be about science. However, the title and various other elements of the content link it to other spheres, as well. Can this play hold interest for those who are not interested in science? What other areas of study does it touch upon, and in what way?

Essay Topic 3

Uncertainty permeates this play, both in its scientific and prosaic senses. What is the uncertainty at the core of the play? Can the uncertainty truly be compared to scientific uncertainty? Can the issues at stake in the play ever be determined for certain?

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