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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. When did Einstein receive an envelope sent from the trenches of World War I?
(a) December 1, 1915.
(b) December 24, 1915.
(c) December 12, 1915.
(d) December 29, 1915.

2. When did Goring die?
(a) October 1, 1946.
(b) October 15, 1946.
(c) October 22, 1946.
(d) October 30, 1946.

3. When was the first gas attack in history conducted?
(a) May 5, 1915.
(b) March 19, 1915.
(c) April 22, 1915.
(d) June 11, 1915.

4. How long could Nazi troopers stay awake when taking Pervitin?
(a) Weeks.
(b) 15-20 days.
(c) 8-10 weeks.
(d) Days.

5. How old was the Indian goldsmith who was able to write three lines after he took a dose of cyanide?
(a) 46.
(b) 32.
(c) 29.
(d) 18.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Karl Schwarzschild's rank in the German army during World War I?

2. When did Alan Turing buy two large silver ingots and bury them in a forest?

3. What color were Hermann Goring's fingers and toes stained when he was examined before the Nuremburg Trials?

4. When did Carl Wilhelm Scheele discover cyanide?

5. When did Berlin fall?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When did the scientific community accept Schwarzschild's ideas as an inevitable consequence of the theory of relativity?

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

4. How did Carl Wilhelm Scheele discover cyanide?

5. How did Hitler's dog die?

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

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

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

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