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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. To what period does Heisenberg compare his work with Bohr?

2. What was the insult that a scientist gave of Heisenberg’s knowledge?

3. What do the men do at the end of the play?

4. In Act 2, how does Margrethe attempt to cut the tension between the two men?

5. How did Heisenberg feel on Heligoland?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Heisenberg spend the last months of the war, and why?

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

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

4. How much more time did Heisenberg think he needed to make his reaction work?

5. What does Otto Hahn want to do during the last months of the war?

6. How did Heisenberg describe Schrödinger’s mechanics?

7. What tendency does Bohr claim that Margrethe has?

8. How did Bohr react during the events of Christian’s death?

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

10. Who oversees Heisenberg’s research in Germany?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

The Bohrs had two sons who were lost to them. What is the significance of these sons? How does Heisenberg compare to them? What is the significance of this comparison?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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