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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 did Schwarzschild perfect when his unit was first deployed?
(a) Sights on rifles.
(b) Telescopes.
(c) Sights on the tanks.
(d) Binoculars.

2. In what century did the Perisan poet Hafez write?
(a) 15th.
(b) 14th.
(c) 12th.
(d) 13th.

3. After Heisenberg's fever broke in 1925, how many of his matrices had he finished?
(a) 1/2.
(b) 2/3.
(c) All.
(d) 1/4.

4. What university did Heisenberg return to after a time on an island in 1925?
(a) Heidelberg.
(b) Freiburg.
(c) Gottingen.
(d) Berlin.

5. How much of his time did Grothendieck dedicate to mathematics for many years?
(a) 15 hours a day, 7 days a week.
(b) 8 hours a day, 5 days a week.
(c) 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.
(d) 10 hours a day, 6 days a week.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Schrodinger served as a lookout during World War I, how large of a company did he think he saw approaching?

2. When did Robert Oppenheimer and Hartland Snyder demonstrate Schwarzschild's singularity?

3. When did Mochizuki agree to travel to France?

4. When Schrodinger returned to Zurich, in what period of time did he build on his equation until it comprised a copmle mechanics?

5. What type of school did Schwarzschild attend as a child?

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