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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 Werner Karl Heisenberg when he attended Schrodinger's seminar in Munich in 1926?
(a) 29.
(b) 23.
(c) 31.
(d) 21.

2. Who was the mathematician who noticed the proof Shinichi Mochizuki posted on his blog?
(a) Heisuke Hironaka.
(b) Akio Tamagawa.
(c) Goro Shimura.
(d) Mitshuhiro Shishikura.

3. Who did Heisenberg nearly run into in 1925 on an island he visited who was trying to sell him something?
(a) A young boy.
(b) A nun.
(c) A young woman.
(d) A priest.

4. What did doctors believe might have triggered the disease that killed Schwarzchild?
(a) Infection.
(b) Fungus.
(c) Gas attack.
(d) Allergy.

5. How old was Grothendieck's father when he was arrested by the Tsarist police and sentenced to death along with his comrades?
(a) 15.
(b) 14.
(c) 16.
(d) 17.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many bison slaughtered on the plains in America, were used to produce fertilizer?

2. What did doctors diagnose Schwarzchild with?

3. When Heisenberg tried to wite an article about his epiphany in 1925, how long did Niels Bohr leave the paper unread on his desk?

4. When did Mochizuki agree to travel to France?

5. What was the name of Prince Louis-Victor Pierre Raymond's sister who pampered him?

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