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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 1924, what hills did Heisenberg and Bohr explore together?
(a) Gottingen.
(b) Tubingen.
(c) Nuremberg.
(d) Franconia.

2. When a binary star went nova during Schwarzschild's internship, for how many days was it the brightest object in the sky?
(a) 7 days.
(b) Several days.
(c) 3 days.
(d) A week.

3. When did Robert Oppenheimer and Hartland Snyder demonstrate Schwarzschild's singularity?
(a) September 23, 1939.
(b) September 1, 1939.
(c) September 4, 1939.
(d) September 16, 1939.

4. When did Heisenberg publish "On a Quantum-Theoretical Reinterpretation of Kinematic and Mechanical Relations"?
(a) September 1925.
(b) October 1925.
(c) August 1925.
(d) November 1925.

5. How many pages were the proof that Shinichi Mochizuki published in four articles on his blog for a + b +c?
(a) 198.
(b) 600.
(c) 370.
(d) 25.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the nationality of Heisenberg's mentor Niels Bohr?

2. At what observatory did Schwarzschild intern?

3. How many years did Mochizuki spend at Harvard?

4. In April of 1945, how many people killed themselves in Berlin?

5. What transformed Heisenberg's face so he looked like a monster?

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