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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 Schrodinger served as a lookout during World War I, how large of a company did he think he saw approaching?
(a) About 100 men.
(b) 210 men.
(c) 175 men.
(d) At least 200 men.

2. When did Grothendieck win the Fields Medal?
(a) 1966.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1969.

3. During a gas attack, how many soldiers did Schwarzschild help put on gas masks?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

4. After Grothendieck's father was sentenced to death for how many weeks was he taken before the firing squad daily before he was condemned to live in prison?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

5. How many years did Grothendieck's father spend in prison before he was freed during the Russian Revolution of 1917?
(a) 10.
(b) 22.
(c) 12.
(d) 18.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Mochizuki prove one of Alexander Grothendieck's conjectures?

2. What weapon did Schrodinger take with him when he joined the Austro-Hungarian army that he paid for himself?

3. When did Einstein propose the particle-wave duality?

4. Who read de Broglie's dissertation and gave an opinion that allowed de Broglie to get his dissertation?

5. What poems did Heisenberg memorize when he was on an island in 1925 and sick with fever?

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