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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 large of a company did he think he saw approaching?
(a) 210 men.
(b) 175 men.
(c) About 100 men.
(d) At least 200 men.

2. Who was the mathematician who noticed the proof Shinichi Mochizuki posted on his blog?
(a) Goro Shimura.
(b) Akio Tamagawa.
(c) Mitshuhiro Shishikura.
(d) Heisuke Hironaka.

3. When Heisenberg tried to wite an article about his epiphany in 1925, how long did Niels Bohr leave the paper unread on his desk?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) Months.
(c) Weeks.
(d) 11 days.

4. Where did Grothendieck's parents meet?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Munich.
(c) Strasbourg.
(d) Paris.

5. After talking a walk and discuss Asian philosophy with Miss Herwig, how did Schrodinger hurt himself?
(a) Wrenched his shoulder.
(b) Sprained his ankle.
(c) Cut his hand.
(d) Hit his head.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what period of time did Schrodinger's wife make more as a secretary than he did in a year as a professor?

2. What transformed Heisenberg's face so he looked like a monster?

3. When did some of the most prominent mathematicians in the world gather in Oxford to study Mochizuki's proof?

4. When Heisenberg had a fever in 1925 on vacation, how many blankets did he cover himself with?

5. What poems did Heisenberg memorize when he was on an island in 1925 and sick with fever?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did a professor from the University of California at Santa Cruz describe Grothendieck?

2. How did Heisenberg attack Schrodinger's wave mechanics?

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

4. What was known about Grothendieck's father?

5. What system did Heisenberg create using only direct observation?

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

7. What regimen did Heisenberg follow during his first days in Heligoland?

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

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

10. What does Labutut write about Heisenberg and his accomplishments?

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