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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Grothendieck's parents meet?
(a) Strasbourg.
(b) Paris.
(c) Munich.
(d) Berlin.

2. When Heisenberg tried to wite an article about his epiphany in 1925, how long did Niels Bohr leave the paper unread on his desk?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) Weeks.
(c) 11 days.
(d) Months.

3. When Heisenberg had a fever in 1925 on vacation, how many blankets did he cover himself with?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 8.

4. How old was Mochizuki when he already had his doctorate?
(a) 23.
(b) 19.
(c) 21.
(d) 20.

5. What university did Heisenberg return to after a time on an island in 1925?
(a) Freiburg.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Gottingen.
(d) Heidelberg.

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

7. How many years did Grothendieck's father spend in prison before he was freed during the Russian Revolution of 1917?
(a) 12.
(b) 22.
(c) 10.
(d) 18.

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

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

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

11. When did Grothendieck die?
(a) November 28, 2014.
(b) November 2, 2014.
(c) November 13, 2014.
(d) November 22, 2014.

12. What family members did Schrodinger lose during the interwar period?
(a) Both parents.
(b) Father and grandfather.
(c) Both grandparents.
(d) Father and sister.

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

14. When did Germany sign the armistice to end the Great War?
(a) October 1918.
(b) December 1918.
(c) September 1918.
(d) November 1918.

15. When did Grothendieck win the Fields Medal?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1966.
(d) 1969.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1925, why did Heisenberg run back to his hotel after nearly running into someone who was trying to sell him something?

2. When did some of the most prominent mathematicians in the world gather in Oxford to study Mochizuki's proof?

3. How tall were the cliffs on the island Heisenberg went in 1925?

4. During World War II, how tall was a column of smoke that the British detonated on Heligoland?

5. When was Alexander Grothendieck a colossus in mathematics?

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