View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Schwarzchild's sickness begin?
(a) Blisters in his throat.
(b) 2 blisters at the corner of his mouth.
(c) Blisters in his ears.
(d) Blisters on his face.

2. When Schwarzschild made a crude telescope to show his brother the sky, what did he show his brother?
(a) Mercury.
(b) Venus.
(c) Craters of the moon.
(d) Rings of Saturn.

3. At the Nuremburg Tribunal how was Goring condemned to die?
(a) Electric chair.
(b) Lethal injection.
(c) Hanging.
(d) Firing squad.

4. In the Nazi party, how many generals from the army committed suicide?
(a) 53.
(b) 18.
(c) 37.
(d) 49.

5. What color did Prussian Blue replace because it was cheaper?
(a) Cerulean.
(b) Periwinkle.
(c) Sapphire.
(d) Ultramarine.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Nazi party, how many navy generals committed suicide?

2. What instrument did Schwarzschild's father try to get him to learn?

3. When did Berlin fall?

4. How old was Schwarzschild when he used his father's glasses to create a device to show his brother the sky?

5. How long could Nazi troopers stay awake when taking Pervitin?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Schwarzschild believe the singularity in his metrics was a mistake?

2. What did Schwarzschild observe during his internship at the Kuffner observatory?

3. What was Pervitin, and how was it used by German troops?

4. What was strange about Schwarzschild's results when he solved Einstein's equations of general relativity?

5. What rash of suicides erupted in 1945 in Demmin, Germany, and why?

6. What was said about the charisma of Johann Conrad Dippel?

7. Why did Schwarzschild serve in the military during World War I?

8. What milestones did Schwarzschild reach even before he was 20?

9. How did Schwarzschild damage the cornea of his left eye?

10. What was Schwarzschild's sickness and how did it progress?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 895 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample