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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. What word does Labutut use to describe how Einstein felt about Heisenberg's ideas?
(a) Disgusting.
(b) Distasteful.
(c) Repugnant.
(d) Repulsive.

2. How many bison slaughtered on the plains in America, were used to produce fertilizer?
(a) About 25 million.
(b) 35 million.
(c) 18 million.
(d) More than 30 million.

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

4. How old was Hafez when he traced a circle in the sand and swore not to rise until he touched the mind of Allah?
(a) 61.
(b) 59.
(c) 60.
(d) 58.

5. On the island Heisenberg visited in 1925, how close was the nearest city?
(a) 205 kilometers.
(b) More than 100 kilometers.
(c) 150 kilometers.
(d) About 170 kilometers.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Grothendieck win the Fields Medal?

2. Where was Mochizuki born?

3. How did Schwarzchild's sickness begin?

4. When did Berlin fall?

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

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