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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 is Bohr’s conception of the work that the two scientists did together in the 1920s?

3. In what direction is Elsinore Castle?

4. Why did Heisenberg leave Bohr?

5. How did Heisenberg feel about Kramers?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When did Fermi achieve the first self-sustaining chain reaction, in relationship to Heisenberg?

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

4. What tendency does Bohr claim that Margrethe has?

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

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

7. How did Heisenberg describe Schrödinger’s mechanics?

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

9. What did Einstein show about measurement?

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

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

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

Heisenberg makes various explanations for his question to Bohr. What was this question, and how does Heisenberg try to explain it away at various points in the play? Why is it important that he come up with an explanation?

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