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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 inspired the Nazi’s nickname for Heisenberg?

2. What uranium isotope is least common?

3. How old is Heisenberg during the trip to Copenhagen in Act 1?

4. When was the last time Heisenberg had seen the Bohrs?

5. What is the Nazi’s nickname for Heisenberg?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What feelings did Heisenberg have towards Kramers?

3. What is the German Cultural Institute?

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

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

6. How does Heisenberg speak about Germany?

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

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

9. When was fission invented?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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