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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 what issue of the Zeitschrift fur Physik did Heisenberg's article "On a Quantum-Theoretical Reinterpretation of Kinematic and Mechanical Relations" appear?
(a) 33.
(b) 32.
(c) 34.
(d) 35.

2. When did Shinichi Mochizuki publish a proof for a + b = c?
(a) August 24, 2012.
(b) August 11, 2012.
(c) August 31, 2012.
(d) August 7, 2012.

3. Who did Bohr notify about Heisenberg's paper and say it would have enormous implications?
(a) Matthew Fisher.
(b) Schroedinger.
(c) Pascual Jordan.
(d) Einstein.

4. When did Niels Bohr receive the Nobel Prize?
(a) 1924.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1919.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Louis-Victor Pierre Raymond was a boy, what career was it presumed he would pursue?

2. When did Schrodinger marry Annemarie Bertel?

3. When did Mochizuki prove one of Alexander Grothendieck's conjectures?

4. 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?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Erwin Schrodinger become an international superstar?

4. When and how did Shinichi Mochizuki publish a proof for a + b = c?

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

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

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

8. Who is Mochizuki?

9. What was known about Grothendieck's father?

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

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