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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 did many of those in the Reich leadership kill themselves?
(a) Amitriptyline.
(b) Opiates.
(c) Cyanide.
(d) Dothiepin.

2. In the Nazi party, how many generals from the army committed suicide?
(a) 18.
(b) 37.
(c) 53.
(d) 49.

3. What university did Heisenberg return to after a time on an island in 1925?
(a) Gottingen.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Heidelberg.
(d) Freiburg.

4. When a binary star went nova during Schwarzschild's internship, for how many days was it the brightest object in the sky?
(a) 3 days.
(b) A week.
(c) Several days.
(d) 7 days.

5. When was Alexander Grothendieck a colossus in mathematics?
(a) 1958 to 1973.
(b) 1945 to 1980.
(c) 1960 to 1981.
(d) 1952 to 1978.

Short Answer 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?

2. What color was Johann Jacob Diesbach trying to create when he discovered Prussian Blue?

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

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

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

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