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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Schrodinger join the Austro-Hungarian army as an office during the Great War?
(a) 1914.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1916.
(d) 1913.

2. What did Heisenberg do at dawn every morning on the island he visited in 1925?
(a) Walk.
(b) Swim.
(c) Hike.
(d) Study.

3. How old was Werner Karl Heisenberg when he attended Schrodinger's seminar in Munich in 1926?
(a) 21.
(b) 23.
(c) 31.
(d) 29.

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

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

6. How many luminaries from the Sorbonne were on the jury for de Broglie's doctoral thesis?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

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

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

9. 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) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

10. What poems did Heisenberg memorize when he was on an island in 1925 and sick with fever?
(a) West-Eastern Divan.
(b) Theory of Colours.
(c) Art of Living.
(d) Maxims and Reflections.

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

12. On the island Heisenberg visited in 1925, in what direction was the nearest city?
(a) South.
(b) West.
(c) North.
(d) East.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does Labutut use to describe how Einstein felt about Heisenberg's ideas?

2. In 1924, what hills did Heisenberg and Bohr explore together?

3. How old was Grothendieck's father when he was arrested by the Tsarist police and sentenced to death along with his comrades?

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

5. When did Shinichi Mochizuki publish a proof for a + b = c?

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