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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Schwarzschild when he became the youngest university professor in Germany?
(a) 27.
(b) 26.
(c) 28.
(d) 29.

2. After an expedition to where did Alfred, Schwarzschild's brother, refuse to ever climb with Schwarzschild again?
(a) Alps.
(b) Annapurna.
(c) Carpathians.
(d) Pyrenees.

3. What instrument did Schwarzschild's father try to get him to learn?
(a) Cello.
(b) Violin.
(c) Trumpet.
(d) Piano.

4. What did Schwarzschild perfect when his unit was first deployed?
(a) Binoculars.
(b) Sights on rifles.
(c) Telescopes.
(d) Sights on the tanks.

5. What color were Hermann Goring's fingers and toes stained when he was examined before the Nuremburg Trials?
(a) Black.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Blue.
(d) Red.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many bison slaughtered on the plains in America, were used to produce fertilizer?

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

3. How many puppies had Hitler's dog given birth to shortly before she was killed?

4. When did Berlin fall?

5. How many dihydrocodeine pills did Goring take daily?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How was Goring sentenced to die; how did he want to die; and how did he die?

3. Why did Fritz Haber win the Nobel Prize for Chemistry?

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

5. How did Hitler's dog die?

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

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

8. How was cyanide used in an attempt to kill Grigori Rasputin, and how was he finally killed?

9. At the age of seven, how did Schwarzschild show his brother the rings of Saturn?

10. How did Schwarzschild solve Einstein's equation of general relativity?

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