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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. When Schrodinger served as a lookout during World War I, how much larger was the company he thought he saw advancing than his force?
(a) 3 1/2 times.
(b) 1 1/2 times.
(c) 2 times.
(d) 3 times.

2. After the war, how long did Schrodinger notice it took for women to dismember a horse after a mob knocked a policeman off his horse?
(a) 10 minutes.
(b) 5 minutes.
(c) 12 minutes.
(d) 8 minutes.

3. Whose arms did Clar Immerwahr die in?
(a) 13-year-old son.
(b) Husband.
(c) Mother.
(d) Father.

4. What did Heisenberg do at dawn every morning on the island he visited in 1925?
(a) Hike.
(b) Study.
(c) Swim.
(d) Walk.

5. When a doctor was finally consulted about Heisenberg's condition in 1925, what did he diagnose?
(a) Cholera.
(b) A cold.
(c) Dehydration.
(d) Pneumonia.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many humans do not have the gene that allows them to distinguish the odor of cyanide?

2. When was Pieter van der Werff the first great painter to use Prussian Blue?

3. In 1924, what hills did Heisenberg and Bohr explore together?

4. When did the German writer Heinrich Boll write his family from the front the first time and ask his family to send Pervitin?

5. When Schrodinger served as a lookout during World War I, how large of a company did he think he saw approaching?

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