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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the nationality of Heisenberg's mentor Niels Bohr?
(a) Swedish.
(b) Danish.
(c) Norwegian.
(d) Finnish.

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

3. Where was Mochizuki born?
(a) Tokyo.
(b) Kyoto.
(c) Sapporo.
(d) Osaka.

4. After Grothendieck's father was sentenced to death for how many weeks was he taken before the firing squad daily before he was condemned to live in prison?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

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

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

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

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

9. When did Shinichi Mochizuki publish a proof for a + b = c?
(a) August 24, 2012.
(b) August 7, 2012.
(c) August 11, 2012.
(d) August 31, 2012.

10. When did Schrodinger marry Annemarie Bertel?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1918.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1921.

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

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

13. What mountain could be seen from Mochizuki's office window at the University of Kyoto?
(a) Mounta Takao.
(b) Mount Haku.
(c) Mount Fjui.
(d) Mount Daimonji.

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

15. When did Erwin Schrodinger travel to Munich to present one of the strangest and most powerful equations ever created?
(a) June 1926.
(b) July 1926.
(c) April 1926.
(d) May 1926.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Heisenberg nearly run into in 1925 on an island he visited who was trying to sell him something?

2. How old was Mochizuki when he already had his doctorate?

3. In what century did the Perisan poet Hafez write?

4. What sound could send Louis-Victor Pierre Raymond into a panic?

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

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