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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 much of his time did Grothendieck dedicate to mathematics for many years?
(a) 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.
(b) 10 hours a day, 6 days a week.
(c) 8 hours a day, 5 days a week.
(d) 15 hours a day, 7 days a week.

2. How did de Broglie's comrade during World War I die?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Heart attack.
(d) Drowned.

3. How many days did Hafez spend in silence when he traced a circle in the sand and sat there?
(a) 50.
(b) 20.
(c) 30.
(d) 40.

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

5. What filled Miss Herwig's room?
(a) Collections of insects.
(b) Maps.
(c) Paintings.
(d) Books.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the island Heisenberg visited in 1925, how close was the nearest city?

2. After an expedition to where did Alfred, Schwarzschild's brother, refuse to ever climb with Schwarzschild again?

3. How many poems were dictated to Hafez after his fast ended?

4. At what observatory did Schwarzschild intern?

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

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