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

2. What filled Miss Herwig's room?
(a) Books.
(b) Collections of insects.
(c) Maps.
(d) Paintings.

3. When was the first gas attack in history conducted?
(a) March 19, 1915.
(b) June 11, 1915.
(c) May 5, 1915.
(d) April 22, 1915.

4. What type of school did Schwarzschild attend as a child?
(a) Jewish primary school.
(b) Confessional school.
(c) Catholic school.
(d) German primary school.

5. Where was Goring's body cremated?
(a) Nordfriedhof.
(b) Bogenhausen.
(c) Haidhausen.
(d) Ostfriedhof.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Grothendieck win the Fields Medal?

3. How much of his time did Grothendieck dedicate to mathematics for many years?

4. In the Nazi party, how many generals from the army committed suicide?

5. Where did Grothendieck's parents meet?

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