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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 old was Grothendieck's father when he was arrested by the Tsarist police and sentenced to death along with his comrades?
(a) 17.
(b) 15.
(c) 16.
(d) 14.

2. 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) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

3. From where did Schwarzchild send his last letter to his wife?
(a) Spain.
(b) Russia.
(c) Austria-Hungary.
(d) Serbia.

4. How old was the Indian goldsmith who was able to write three lines after he took a dose of cyanide?
(a) 46.
(b) 32.
(c) 18.
(d) 29.

5. How did Hafez break his fast after tracing a cricle in the sand?
(a) A few bits of fish.
(b) A couple pieces of fruit.
(c) Cup of wine.
(d) Scraps of bread.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did many of those in the Reich leadership kill themselves?

2. In 1925 when Heisenberg got lost in fog on an island he visited, what skeleton did he see at his feet?

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

4. When did Goring die?

5. What weapon did Schrodinger take with him when he joined the Austro-Hungarian army that he paid for himself?

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