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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. How old is Heisenberg in relationship to the Bohrs’ eldest son?

2. What explanation does Bohr give for the number of Heisenberg’s coveted object in Germany?

3. How does Margrethe insult Heisenberg when he first arrives?

4. Why is Heisenberg envious of Bohr?

5. How old are the characters during the play?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Fermi go to Chicago?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does Heisenberg speak about Germany?

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

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

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 3

Describe fission. What is the significance of this process? In what ways might this be viewed as a metaphor for the relationship between Bohr and Heisenberg?

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