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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. How many times did the Russian have to cut down a woman who tried to hang herself from an oak tree after burying her children under the tree?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

2. When did Schwarzchild marry?
(a) 1907.
(b) 1905.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1909.

3. When Schrodinger returned to Zurich, in what period of time did he build on his equation until it comprised a copmle mechanics?
(a) 13 months.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 8 months.
(d) 11 months.

4. When Heisenberg had a fever in 1925 on vacation, how many blankets did he cover himself with?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

5. How old was Schwarzschild when he used his father's glasses to create a device to show his brother the sky?
(a) 9.
(b) 6.
(c) 8.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Schwarzschild wrote about the evolution of stars, how old was he?

2. How old was Grothendieck's father when he was arrested by the Tsarist police and sentenced to death along with his comrades?

3. During a gas attack, how many soldiers did Schwarzschild help put on gas masks?

4. What word does Labutut use to describe how Einstein felt about Heisenberg's ideas?

5. When Schrodinger joined the Austro-Hungarian army, where was he sent?

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