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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many poems were dictated to Hafez after his fast ended?
(a) About 700.
(b) More than 500.
(c) 600.
(d) 450.

2. When Schrodinger served as a lookout during World War I, how much larger was the company he thought he saw advancing than his force?
(a) 2 times.
(b) 3 1/2 times.
(c) 3 times.
(d) 1 1/2 times.

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

4. When Louis-Victor Pierre Raymond was a boy, what career was it presumed he would pursue?
(a) Politics.
(b) Writer.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Diplomacy.

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

6. How did Hafez break his fast after tracing a cricle in the sand?
(a) Cup of wine.
(b) A couple pieces of fruit.
(c) A few bits of fish.
(d) Scraps of bread.

7. At the fortress Schrodinger was assigned to during the Great War, how below him were trenches that soldiers were dying in?
(a) 3,000 meters.
(b) 2,000 meters.
(c) 3,500 meters.
(d) 2,500 meters.

8. In 1924, what hills did Heisenberg and Bohr explore together?
(a) Franconia.
(b) Nuremberg.
(c) Gottingen.
(d) Tubingen.

9. Who influenced Louis-Victor Pierre Raymond de Broglie to study physics?
(a) An uncle.
(b) A friend.
(c) His older brother.
(d) A cousin.

10. What type of animals were on the island Heisenberg visited in 1925?
(a) Goats.
(b) Wild horses.
(c) Antelope.
(d) Mule deer.

11. In 1925, when did Heisenberg's fever break?
(a) Noon.
(b) Late afternoon.
(c) Middle of the night.
(d) Early morning.

12. How long did Ivan Fesenko study Mochizuki's proof before he declared it was impossible to understand?
(a) 3 weeks.
(b) 4 months.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 2 weeks.

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

14. How many servants did de Broglie's brother Maurice bring when he sought to get him out of seclusion after the failure of the art exhibition?
(a) 10.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 8.

15. Who did de Broglie serve with and remain friends with after World War I?
(a) Jean-Baptiste Vasek.
(b) Jules Adler.
(c) Henri Bellery-Desfontaines.
(d) Uoseph-Felix Bouchor.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Mochizuki when he entered Princeton?

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

3. When was Alexander Grothendieck a colossus in mathematics?

4. What mountain could be seen from Mochizuki's office window at the University of Kyoto?

5. What time did Schrodinger rise during the Great War according to complaints from his staff?

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