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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) More than 500.
(b) About 700.
(c) 600.
(d) 450.

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

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

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

5. In 1925, what was the name of the woman on the island Heisenberg traveled to who devoted herself to his recovery?
(a) Muller.
(b) Rosenthal.
(c) Schulz.
(d) Becker.

6. When did some of the most prominent mathematicians in the world gather in Oxford to study Mochizuki's proof?
(a) December 2013.
(b) October 2013.
(c) March 2014.
(d) January 2014.

7. In 1925, where did Heisenberg go?
(a) Ameland.
(b) Heligoland.
(c) Gossa.
(d) Texel.

8. 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) 3 1/2 times.
(b) 1 1/2 times.
(c) 2 times.
(d) 3 times.

9. What transformed Heisenberg's face so he looked like a monster?
(a) An auto accident.
(b) Bee sting.
(c) Pollen allergy.
(d) Severe burns.

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

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

12. In what period of time did Schrodinger's wife make more as a secretary than he did in a year as a professor?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 4 months.
(c) 2 months.
(d) A month.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Grothendieck's father die?

2. How did de Broglie's comrade during World War I die?

3. On the island Heisenberg visited in 1925, how close was the nearest city?

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

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

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