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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. At what age could Louis-Victor Pierre Raymond recite the names of all the ministers of the Third Republic?
(a) 8.
(b) 9.
(c) 11.
(d) 10.

2. Where did Grothendieck's father die?
(a) Ravensbruck.
(b) Dachau.
(c) Buchenwald.
(d) Auschwitz.

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

4. When did Goethe write the poems Heisenberg tried to memorize in 1925?
(a) 1819.
(b) 1817.
(c) 1804.
(d) 1826.

5. Who did de Broglie serve with and remain friends with after World War I?
(a) Uoseph-Felix Bouchor.
(b) Jean-Baptiste Vasek.
(c) Jules Adler.
(d) Henri Bellery-Desfontaines.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Grothendieck's father when he was arrested by the Tsarist police and sentenced to death along with his comrades?

2. How many servants did de Broglie's brother Maurice bring when he sought to get him out of seclusion after the failure of the art exhibition?

3. What type of animals were on the island Heisenberg visited in 1925?

4. What instrument did Schwarzschild's father try to get him to learn?

5. How old was Schrodinger in 1923?

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