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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 was Heisenberg when he first visited Copenhagen?

2. What season was it when Heisenberg first visited Copenhagen?

3. What is notable about Heisenberg’s accepting the chair at Leipzig?

4. How did Heisenberg reconcile the problem in #96?

5. What does Einstein’s work do for Bohr?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Einstein’s theory important to Heisenberg’s work?

2. How did Heisenberg make revisions to his uncertainty paper?

3. What could have happened to the reactor in Haigerloch?

4. What tendency does Bohr claim that Margrethe has?

5. What does Heisenberg say about his understanding of the bomb?

6. What is Heisenberg’s plan (according to him, in present day) for talking to Bohr about the atomic project?

7. What does Heisenberg claim to think about his own plan for talking to Bohr about the atomic projects in Copenhagen?

8. What were the conditions under which Heisenberg was allowed to practice science after the war?

9. What extreme act does Heisenberg claim that Bohr would have been justified in doing?

10. What did Heisenberg tell minor Nazi officials?

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

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

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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