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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What illness did Schrodinger suffer during the interwar period?
(a) Smallpox.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Diphtheria.
(d) Typhoid fever.

2. 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.

3. 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) 58.
(b) 60.
(c) 61.
(d) 59.

4. When was the Institute of Advanced Scientific Studies built on at the outskirts of Paris?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1961.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1958.

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

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

7. 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) Months.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 11 days.
(d) Weeks.

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

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

10. When a doctor was finally consulted about Heisenberg's condition in 1925, what did he diagnose?
(a) Dehydration.
(b) A cold.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Cholera.

11. When did Mochizuki prove one of Alexander Grothendieck's conjectures?
(a) 1996.
(b) 1993.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1998.

12. How did de Broglie's comrade during World War I die?
(a) Heart attack.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Drowned.
(d) Tuberculosis.

13. What word does Labutut use to describe how Einstein felt about Heisenberg's ideas?
(a) Repugnant.
(b) Repulsive.
(c) Disgusting.
(d) Distasteful.

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

15. After an exhibition of de Broglie's friend's paintings was horribly criticized, how long did de Broglie lock himself away and see no one but his sister?
(a) 4 months.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 3 months.

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. How old was Doctor Herwig's daughter when she first contracted tuberculosis?

3. What was the name of Prince Louis-Victor Pierre Raymond's sister who pampered him?

4. How did Hafez break his fast after tracing a cricle in the sand?

5. What poems did Heisenberg memorize when he was on an island in 1925 and sick with fever?

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