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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. On the island Heisenberg visited in 1925, in what direction was the nearest city?
(a) North.
(b) West.
(c) East.
(d) South.

3. When Schrodinger returned to Zurich, in what period of time did he build on his equation until it comprised a copmle mechanics?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 13 months.
(c) 11 months.
(d) 8 months.

4. When Schrodinger served as a lookout during World War I, how large of a company did he think he saw approaching?
(a) At least 200 men.
(b) About 100 men.
(c) 175 men.
(d) 210 men.

5. How many of the Weil conjectures was Grothendieck able to solve?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

6. After Heisenberg's fever broke in 1925, how many of his matrices had he finished?
(a) All.
(b) 1/2.
(c) 2/3.
(d) 1/4.

7. How tall were the cliffs on the island Heisenberg went in 1925?
(a) 50 meters.
(b) 70 meters.
(c) 65 meters.
(d) 80 meters.

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

9. When did the commune Grothendieck founded as a place open to all descend into lawlessness?
(a) 1971.
(b) 1978.
(c) 1973.
(d) 1976.

10. What time did Schrodinger rise during the Great War according to complaints from his staff?
(a) Late morning.
(b) 11 p.m
(c) Lunchtime.
(d) 1 p.m.

11. How old was Mochizuki when he entered Princeton?
(a) 14.
(b) 17.
(c) 15.
(d) 16.

12. How many day did Schrodinger serve as a lookout in a fortress in the mountains of Alto Adige?
(a) 15.
(b) 8.
(c) 10.
(d) 5.

13. At what age could Louis-Victor Pierre Raymond recite the names of all the ministers of the Third Republic?
(a) 11.
(b) 10.
(c) 8.
(d) 9.

14. In what issue of the Zeitschrift fur Physik did Heisenberg's article "On a Quantum-Theoretical Reinterpretation of Kinematic and Mechanical Relations" appear?
(a) 35.
(b) 32.
(c) 34.
(d) 33.

15. 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) 59.
(b) 60.
(c) 61.
(d) 58.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who read de Broglie's dissertation and gave an opinion that allowed de Broglie to get his dissertation?

2. When a doctor was finally consulted about Heisenberg's condition in 1925, what did he diagnose?

3. What illness did Schrodinger suffer during the interwar period?

4. How old was Werner Karl Heisenberg when he attended Schrodinger's seminar in Munich in 1926?

5. In 1925, when did Heisenberg's fever break?

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