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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. In what area did Bohr make his first big discovery?

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

3. How does Heisenberg refer to Weizsacker?

4. How has Bohr been treated by the occupying Germans?

5. What is the official reason for Heisenberg’s 1941 visit?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Heisenberg claim are the political implications of what he was saying to Bohr?

5. What is the German Cultural Institute?

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

7. What conflict does the rift between Bohr and Heisenberg is Margrethe reminded of?

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

9. Where is it first reported in Europe that the Americans are working on a bomb?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Heisenberg is a German, and Bohr is a Dane. Discuss nationality and its significance in Copenhagen. How would the play be different if the two men were both of one nationality, or the other?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Heisenberg makes various explanations for his question to Bohr. What was this question, and how does Heisenberg try to explain it away at various points in the play? Why is it important that he come up with an explanation?

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