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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 Schrodinger marry Annemarie Bertel?
(a) 1918.
(b) 1921.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1919.

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

3. When did Heisenberg received the Nobel Prize for the creation of quantum mechanics?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1936.
(d) 1939.

4. When did Schwarzchild marry?
(a) 1910.
(b) 1905.
(c) 1907.
(d) 1909.

5. In what issue of the Zeitschrift fur Physik did Heisenberg's article "On a Quantum-Theoretical Reinterpretation of Kinematic and Mechanical Relations" appear?
(a) 33.
(b) 34.
(c) 32.
(d) 35.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did it take the blisters to cover much of Schwarzchild's body?

2. What filled Miss Herwig's room?

3. What university did Heisenberg return to after a time on an island in 1925?

4. What was Karl Schwarzschild's rank in the German army during World War I?

5. 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?

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