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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Night Gardener.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What time did Schrodinger rise during the Great War according to complaints from his staff?
(a) Lunchtime.
(b) 11 p.m
(c) 1 p.m.
(d) Late morning.

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

3. What color did Prussian Blue replace because it was cheaper?
(a) Periwinkle.
(b) Ultramarine.
(c) Cerulean.
(d) Sapphire.

4. What type of animals were on the island Heisenberg visited in 1925?
(a) Wild horses.
(b) Mule deer.
(c) Antelope.
(d) Goats.

5. In what period of time did Schrodinger's wife make more as a secretary than he did in a year as a professor?
(a) 4 months.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 3 months.
(d) A month.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Heisenberg's fever broke in 1925, how many of his matrices had he finished?

2. When was the second time that Heinrich Boll wrote his family and asked for more Pervitin?

3. What poems did Heisenberg memorize when he was on an island in 1925 and sick with fever?

4. Who read de Broglie's dissertation and gave an opinion that allowed de Broglie to get his dissertation?

5. When did Mochizuki prove one of Alexander Grothendieck's conjectures?

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