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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. In June of 2016, how much was paid for a pair of Goring's underpants?
(a) 3,000 euros.
(b) 500 euros.
(c) 2,000 euros.
(d) 1,200 euros.

2. When was Alexander Grothendieck a colossus in mathematics?
(a) 1945 to 1980.
(b) 1958 to 1973.
(c) 1960 to 1981.
(d) 1952 to 1978.

3. What did doctors believe might have triggered the disease that killed Schwarzchild?
(a) Allergy.
(b) Gas attack.
(c) Infection.
(d) Fungus.

4. How many humans do not have the gene that allows them to distinguish the odor of cyanide?
(a) 35%.
(b) 40%.
(c) 55%.
(d) 60%.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After talking a walk and discuss Asian philosophy with Miss Herwig, how did Schrodinger hurt himself?

2. How long did it take the blisters to cover much of Schwarzchild's body?

3. When did Schrodinger marry Annemarie Bertel?

4. When did Grothendieck die?

5. How old was Werner Karl Heisenberg when he attended Schrodinger's seminar in Munich in 1926?

(see the answer key)

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