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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through When We Cease to Understand the World.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the nationality of Heisenberg's mentor Niels Bohr?
(a) Swedish.
(b) Danish.
(c) Norwegian.
(d) Finnish.

2. When did Alan Turing buy two large silver ingots and bury them in a forest?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1943.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1939.

3. When did de Broglie enlist in the corps of engineers?
(a) 1914.
(b) 1917.
(c) 1918.
(d) 1913.

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

5. What time did Schrodinger rise during the Great War according to complaints from his staff?
(a) Lunchtime.
(b) 1 p.m.
(c) Late morning.
(d) 11 p.m

Short Answer Questions

1. At the Nuremburg Tribunal how was Goring condemned to die?

2. What color was Johann Jacob Diesbach trying to create when he discovered Prussian Blue?

3. When did some of the most prominent mathematicians in the world gather in Oxford to study Mochizuki's proof?

4. How long could Nazi troopers stay awake when taking Pervitin?

5. In 1925, where did Heisenberg go?

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