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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 Heisenberg say about the years they worked together?

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

3. What does Heisenberg claim that Bohr is illustrating as he discusses the aforementioned problem?

4. Who made peace between Heisenberg and Bohr?

5. In what direction is Tisvilde?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was the impetus for Heisenberg’s attaining the chair at Leipzig?

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

4. What tendency does Bohr claim that Margrethe has?

5. What did people think about Heisenberg’s reaction to Schrödinger’s mechanics?

6. Why didn’t the worst happen to the reactor in Haigerloch?

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

8. What was strange about the cadmium that Heisenberg had in Haigerloch?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Bohr and Heisenberg fight throughout the play, but also resolve their differences at various points. What are the issues that lead them into a stalemate? What helps them make up after fighting? Do they ever really resolve any of their issues?

Essay Topic 2

Elsinore is a place with very specific literary roots. What are these roots, according to the play? Research the real-life location. Why might it be an appropriate setting for some of Bohr and Heisenberg’s contributions to science?

Essay Topic 3

Heisenberg implies that Bohr is just as guilty as he is for having worked with the Americans at Los Alamos. Research the project at Los Alamos and its repercussions. Write a persuasive essay in which you defend Bohr’s innocence or justify his guilt.

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