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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. What type of school did Schwarzschild attend as a child?
(a) Confessional school.
(b) Jewish primary school.
(c) Catholic school.
(d) German primary school.

2. How long did Ivan Fesenko study Mochizuki's proof before he declared it was impossible to understand?
(a) 4 months.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 3 weeks.

3. How old was Mochizuki when he entered Princeton?
(a) 17.
(b) 15.
(c) 16.
(d) 14.

4. In 1925 on an island he visited, what view did Heisenberg have from his hotel windows?
(a) Cliffs.
(b) Trees.
(c) Ocean.
(d) Flowers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Schwarzschild when he published a paper in Astronomische Nachrichten?

2. What was the name of Prince Louis-Victor Pierre Raymond's sister who pampered him?

3. How many days did Hafez spend in silence when he traced a circle in the sand and sat there?

4. At what age could Louis-Victor Pierre Raymond recite the names of all the ministers of the Third Republic?

5. When did Schrodinger marry Annemarie Bertel?

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