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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 illness did Schrodinger suffer during the interwar period?
(a) Smallpox.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Typhoid fever.
(d) Diphtheria.

2. In 1925, why did Heisenberg run back to his hotel after nearly running into someone who was trying to sell him something?
(a) His sprained his ankle.
(b) He had a migraine.
(c) He was dizzy.
(d) He cut his hand.

3. Where did Grothendieck's parents meet?
(a) Strasbourg.
(b) Munich.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Paris.

4. When was the second time that Heinrich Boll wrote his family and asked for more Pervitin?
(a) March 7, 1940.
(b) May 20, 1940.
(c) June 28, 1940.
(d) April 10, 1940.

5. How long have Einstein published his theory of general relativity did Schwarzchild provide a solution?
(a) 8 days.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 2 months.
(d) A month or so.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Niels Bohr receive the Nobel Prize?

2. What poems did Heisenberg memorize when he was on an island in 1925 and sick with fever?

3. What mountain could be seen from Mochizuki's office window at the University of Kyoto?

4. At what observatory did Schwarzschild intern?

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

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