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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Schwarzschild's Singularity.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Clara Immerwahr, the first woman to receive a doctorate in chemistry at a German university, kill herself?
(a) Shot herself in the chest.
(b) Shot herself in the head.
(c) Took cyanide.
(d) Hung herself.

2. How old was Schwarzschild when he became the youngest university professor in Germany?
(a) 29.
(b) 28.
(c) 27.
(d) 26.

3. What did doctors diagnose Schwarzchild with?
(a) Pemphigoid.
(b) Epidermolysis bullosa acquista.
(c) IgA-mediated bullous dermatoses.
(d) Pemphigus.

4. When a binary star went nova in a constellation during Schwarzschild's internship, how how did he say awake observing it?
(a) 3 days and nights.
(b) 4 days and nights.
(c) 2 days and nights.
(d) 1 day and 1 night.

5. What instrument did Schwarzschild's father try to get him to learn?
(a) Piano.
(b) Violin.
(c) Cello.
(d) Trumpet.

Short Answer Questions

1. After an expedition to where did Alfred, Schwarzschild's brother, refuse to ever climb with Schwarzschild again?

2. If Germany bombed Britain with poison gas, how many civilians did an adviser to the British government estimate an attack of that kind would kill?

3. How old was Schwarzschild when he enlisted during World War I?

4. When a binary star went nova during Schwarzschild's internship, for how many days was it the brightest object in the sky?

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

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