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

2. Where did Grothendieck's father die?
(a) Ravensbruck.
(b) Auschwitz.
(c) Buchenwald.
(d) Dachau.

3. Who did de Broglie serve with and remain friends with after World War I?
(a) Jules Adler.
(b) Henri Bellery-Desfontaines.
(c) Jean-Baptiste Vasek.
(d) Uoseph-Felix Bouchor.

4. How long did Ivan Fesenko study Mochizuki's proof before he declared it was impossible to understand?
(a) 3 weeks.
(b) 4 months.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 2 weeks.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What color liquid did a stranger drug Heisenberg with in a bar?

2. How many servants did de Broglie's brother Maurice bring when he sought to get him out of seclusion after the failure of the art exhibition?

3. How old was Mochizuki when he already had his doctorate?

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

5. Where did de Broglie serve as a telegraph operator during World War I?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did de Broglie end his career?

2. What was Vienna like after the Great War?

3. What limitations did Heisenberg set on his research during his time in Heligoland?

4. Why did Grothendieck's professor Laurent Schwartz give him an article he published, and what did Grothendieck do with the article?

5. How did Erwin Schrodinger become an international superstar?

6. How did Labutut summarize Einstein's opposition to quantum mechanics?

7. What was known about Grothendieck's father?

8. What contributions did Schrodinger make in later years, and how did they compare to what he produced at the tuberculosis sanitarium?

9. What happened after Grothendieck resigned from the Institute of Advanced Scientific Studies in 1970?

10. Who was Alexander Grothendieck?

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