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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Schwarzschild wrote about the evolution of stars, how old was he?
(a) Not quite 20.
(b) Almost 18.
(c) 22.
(d) 19.

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

3. When was cyanide isolated from Prussian Blue?
(a) 1694.
(b) 1782.
(c) 1738.
(d) 1686.

4. What type of dog did Hitler have that he had killed with a cyanide capsule?
(a) German shepherd.
(b) Belgian Malinois.
(c) Doberman Pinscher.
(d) Rottweiler.

5. What did Schwarzschild perfect when his unit was first deployed?
(a) Telescopes.
(b) Binoculars.
(c) Sights on the tanks.
(d) Sights on rifles.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Robert Oppenheimer and Hartland Snyder demonstrate Schwarzschild's singularity?

3. How old was Schwarzschild when he became the youngest university professor in Germany?

4. 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?

5. How did Goring die?

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