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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 1925 on an island he visited, what view did Heisenberg have from his hotel windows?
(a) Ocean.
(b) Trees.
(c) Cliffs.
(d) Flowers.

2. Who did Bohr notify about Heisenberg's paper and say it would have enormous implications?
(a) Schroedinger.
(b) Pascual Jordan.
(c) Matthew Fisher.
(d) Einstein.

3. What did doctors diagnose Schwarzchild with?
(a) Epidermolysis bullosa acquista.
(b) IgA-mediated bullous dermatoses.
(c) Pemphigoid.
(d) Pemphigus.

4. When did Goring die?
(a) October 22, 1946.
(b) October 15, 1946.
(c) October 30, 1946.
(d) October 1, 1946.

5. Who was the mathematician who noticed the proof Shinichi Mochizuki posted on his blog?
(a) Mitshuhiro Shishikura.
(b) Goro Shimura.
(c) Heisuke Hironaka.
(d) Akio Tamagawa.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Grothendieck die?

2. How long after Schwarzchild broke out with two blisters, did he die?

3. What is the name for Pervitin today?

4. When Schrodinger returned to Zurich, in what period of time did he build on his equation until it comprised a copmle mechanics?

5. What did Heisenberg do at dawn every morning on the island he visited in 1925?

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