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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through When We Cease to Understand the World.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When a binary star went nova in a constellation during Schwarzschild's internship, how how did he say awake observing it?
(a) 3 days and nights.
(b) 1 day and 1 night.
(c) 4 days and nights.
(d) 2 days and nights.

2. How old was Grothendieck's father when he was arrested by the Tsarist police and sentenced to death along with his comrades?
(a) 15.
(b) 14.
(c) 16.
(d) 17.

3. How many luminaries from the Sorbonne were on the jury for de Broglie's doctoral thesis?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

4. How old was Mochizuki when he already had his doctorate?
(a) 21.
(b) 20.
(c) 19.
(d) 23.

5. When did Schrodinger join the Austro-Hungarian army as an office during the Great War?
(a) 1914.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1913.
(d) 1916.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1925, where did Heisenberg go?

2. How old was Schwarzschild when he became the youngest university professor in Germany?

3. What type of Jews are especially susceptible to the disease that killed Schwarzchild?

4. After talking a walk and discuss Asian philosophy with Miss Herwig, how did Schrodinger hurt himself?

5. When did Grothendieck win the Fields Medal?

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