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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 was unique about the game of cards that Heisenberg recalls?

2. What does one need to fission the least common uranium isotope?

3. Where is Heisenberg currently working?

4. Other than Leipzig, where else might Heisenberg have gone?

5. Where did Bohr have his most important insight, according to Heisenberg?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the audience know when fission was invented?

3. What was Jensen’s claim about Heisenberg’s visit?

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

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

6. Why did Fermi go to Chicago?

7. What did Heisenberg consult with Bohr about in 1932?

8. What is the familial relationship between Bohr and Heisenberg that is alluded to throughout the play?

9. What atomic programs exist in Germany in 1941?

10. What is the conflict Bohr and Heisenberg have over Gamow and Casimir?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Margrethe makes various aside comments regarding Heisenberg. What is her opinion of him? Is it a static opinion, or does it change over the course of the play? If so, how, and why?

Essay Topic 2

Many titles are possible for this play. Why has Frayn chosen to title it after the city of Copenhagen when so many other issues are at stake?

Essay Topic 3

At various points, Bohr is described as a father figure. In what ways does Heisenberg act as a son to Bohr, and Bohr a father to Heisenberg? Why is this significant for the book? Discuss their first and last meetings in this context.

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