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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 did Niels Bohr receive the Nobel Prize?
(a) 1924.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1919.

2. When did Mochizuki agree to travel to France?
(a) 2014.
(b) 2016.
(c) 2015.
(d) 2013.

3. What word does Labutut use to describe how Einstein felt about Heisenberg's ideas?
(a) Distasteful.
(b) Repugnant.
(c) Repulsive.
(d) Disgusting.

4. In 1925, what was the name of the woman on the island Heisenberg traveled to who devoted herself to his recovery?
(a) Rosenthal.
(b) Schulz.
(c) Becker.
(d) Muller.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Grothendieck's parents meet?

2. At what observatory did Schwarzschild intern?

3. Where did de Broglie serve as a telegraph operator during World War I?

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

5. What did doctors diagnose Schwarzchild with?

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