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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the first gas attack in history conducted?
(a) April 22, 1915.
(b) May 5, 1915.
(c) March 19, 1915.
(d) June 11, 1915.

2. What was Karl Schwarzschild's rank in the German army during World War I?
(a) Sergeant.
(b) Lieutenant.
(c) Captain.
(d) Corporal.

3. From where was Johann Jacob Diesbach from who discovered Prussian Blue?
(a) Germany.
(b) Austria.
(c) Switzerland.
(d) Bavaria.

4. How long did Schwarzchild realize that his singularity would last if it really existed?
(a) Decades.
(b) Hundreds of thousands of years.
(c) Thousands of years.
(d) Until the end of the universe.

5. When was cyanide isolated from Prussian Blue?
(a) 1738.
(b) 1686.
(c) 1694.
(d) 1782.

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

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

8. When did Schwarzchild marry?
(a) 1909.
(b) 1907.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1905.

9. When did Einstein receive an envelope sent from the trenches of World War I?
(a) December 29, 1915.
(b) December 1, 1915.
(c) December 24, 1915.
(d) December 12, 1915.

10. Where was Goring's body cremated?
(a) Ostfriedhof.
(b) Bogenhausen.
(c) Nordfriedhof.
(d) Haidhausen.

11. When Schwarzschild wrote about the evolution of stars, how old was he?
(a) 19.
(b) 22.
(c) Not quite 20.
(d) Almost 18.

12. How many dihydrocodeine pills did Goring take daily?
(a) More than 100.
(b) About 50.
(c) 75.
(d) 88.

13. How old was Schwarzschild when he became the youngest university professor in Germany?
(a) 27.
(b) 26.
(c) 29.
(d) 28.

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

15. How long after Schwarzchild broke out with two blisters, did he die?
(a) 9 weeks.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 5 months.
(d) 2 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. In June of 2016, how much was paid for a pair of Goring's underpants?

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

3. How many puppies had Hitler's dog given birth to shortly before she was killed?

4. From where did Schwarzchild send his last letter to his wife?

5. According to Schwarzschild's calculations, what would happen if a giant star exhaused its fuel and beings to collapse?

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