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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 propose the particle-wave duality?
(a) 1901.
(b) 1908.
(c) 1903.
(d) 1905.

2. How many luminaries from the Sorbonne were on the jury for de Broglie's doctoral thesis?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

3. What word does Labutut use to describe how Einstein felt about Heisenberg's ideas?
(a) Disgusting.
(b) Repugnant.
(c) Repulsive.
(d) Distasteful.

4. When Louis-Victor Pierre Raymond was a boy, what career was it presumed he would pursue?
(a) Writer.
(b) Politics.
(c) Diplomacy.
(d) Mathematics.

5. How many day did Schrodinger serve as a lookout in a fortress in the mountains of Alto Adige?
(a) 15.
(b) 5.
(c) 10.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Heisenberg received the Nobel Prize for the creation of quantum mechanics?

2. When Schrodinger joined the Austro-Hungarian army, where was he sent?

3. When did Grothendieck win the Fields Medal?

4. What was the nationality of Heisenberg's mentor Niels Bohr?

5. How many pages were the proof that Shinichi Mochizuki published in four articles on his blog for a + b +c?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Grothendieck's project at the Institute of Advanced Scientific Studies?

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

3. When did Mochizuki become well known?

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

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

6. How did Erwin Schrodinger become an international superstar?

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

8. What did Einstein say about Heisenberg's ideas?

9. How sick did Heisenberg get while he was at Heligoland?

10. Who is Mochizuki?

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