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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 does one need to fission the most common uranium isotope?

2. Why is Heisenberg envious of Bohr?

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

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

5. Who is the elder of the scientists?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Bohr say that he is a mathematically curious entity?

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

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

4. Other than Heisenberg, who is the major German physicist still working in Germany?

5. What is the German Cultural Institute?

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

7. What wartime experience has Heisenberg had that Bohr has not?

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

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

10. When was fission invented?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Margrethe states that Bohr’s refusal to continue the conversation was an act of friendship. What does she mean by this? How is this possible? What might have happened if Bohr had continued the conversation?

Essay Topic 2

Skiing is used as a metaphor throughout the play. Discuss Heisenberg’s assertion that making no decision would lead to death. What is the significance of “swerving” in the context of Copenhagen?

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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