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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Schrodinger served as a lookout during World War I, how large of a company did he think he saw approaching?
(a) About 100 men.
(b) At least 200 men.
(c) 175 men.
(d) 210 men.

2. What illness did Schrodinger suffer during the interwar period?
(a) Diphtheria.
(b) Smallpox.
(c) Typhoid fever.
(d) Tuberculosis.

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

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

5. How old was the night gardener when a family member hung themselves from a tree?
(a) 3 or 4.
(b) 7 or 8.
(c) 4 or 5.
(d) 5 or 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Schwarzschild was doing his internship, in what constellation did a binary star go nova?

2. When was cyanide isolated from Prussian Blue?

3. What filled Miss Herwig's room?

4. 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?

5. When did Grothendieck die?

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