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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 did Einstein propose the particle-wave duality?
(a) 1908.
(b) 1903.
(c) 1901.
(d) 1905.

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) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

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

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

5. When did Berlin fall?
(a) April 12, 1945.
(b) April 16, 1945.
(c) April 2, 1945.
(d) April 23, 1945.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long have Einstein published his theory of general relativity did Schwarzchild provide a solution?

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?

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

4. Where did de Broglie serve as a telegraph operator during World War I?

5. When did Schrodinger marry Annemarie Bertel?

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