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

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

3. At the Nuremburg Tribunal how was Goring condemned to die?
(a) Firing squad.
(b) Hanging.
(c) Lethal injection.
(d) Electric chair.

4. What was the name of Schwarzchild's brother who was a painter in Hamburg?
(a) Martin.
(b) Alfred.
(c) Elias.
(d) Thomas.

5. When did Berlin fall?
(a) April 12, 1945.
(b) April 23, 1945.
(c) April 2, 1945.
(d) April 16, 1945.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where was Johann Jacob Diesbach from who discovered Prussian Blue?

2. How old was Schwarzschild when he published a paper in Astronomische Nachrichten?

3. Where did Grothendieck's father die?

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?

5. At what observatory did Schwarzschild intern?

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