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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Heart of the Heart.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the Nazi party, how many navy generals committed suicide?
(a) 22.
(b) 14.
(c) 11.
(d) 31.

2. How much of his time did Grothendieck dedicate to mathematics for many years?
(a) 8 hours a day, 5 days a week.
(b) 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.
(c) 15 hours a day, 7 days a week.
(d) 10 hours a day, 6 days a week.

3. From where was Johann Jacob Diesbach from who discovered Prussian Blue?
(a) Bavaria.
(b) Germany.
(c) Switzerland.
(d) Austria.

4. How much longer did Fritz Haber's discovery of how to obtain nitrogen from the air allow the First World War to drag on?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 2 1/2 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 1 1/2 years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many soldiers in the Wehrmacht received Pervitin as part of their rations?

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

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

4. According to Schwarzschild's calculations, what would happen if a giant star exhaused its fuel and beings to collapse?

5. When did Grothendieck die?

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