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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 Schrodinger served as a lookout during World War I, how much larger was the company he thought he saw advancing than his force?
(a) 3 1/2 times.
(b) 3 times.
(c) 2 times.
(d) 1 1/2 times.

2. How many years did Mochizuki spend at Harvard?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

3. When did some of the most prominent mathematicians in the world gather in Oxford to study Mochizuki's proof?
(a) October 2013.
(b) December 2013.
(c) March 2014.
(d) January 2014.

4. How did de Broglie's comrade during World War I die?
(a) Heart attack.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Drowned.
(d) Tuberculosis.

5. How many years did Grothendieck's father spend in prison before he was freed during the Russian Revolution of 1917?
(a) 22.
(b) 18.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. How old was Hafez when he traced a circle in the sand and swore not to rise until he touched the mind of Allah?

4. What did Heisenberg do at dawn every morning on the island he visited in 1925?

5. During World War II, how tall was a column of smoke that the British detonated on Heligoland?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Grothendieck's last visitor before his death in 2014?

2. How did Labutut describe how Schrodinger created wave mechanics?

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

4. What analogy is used to describe Heisenberg's discovery?

5. Why did Heisenberg go to Heligoland in June 1925?

6. What was Vienna like after the Great War?

7. What was Grothendieck's lifelong obsession, and what was one of his greatest discoveries?

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

9. Who is Mochizuki?

10. How did de Broglie become interested in science?

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