View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the commune Grothendieck founded as a place open to all descend into lawlessness?
(a) 1971.
(b) 1978.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1973.

2. In 1924, what hills did Heisenberg and Bohr explore together?
(a) Gottingen.
(b) Tubingen.
(c) Nuremberg.
(d) Franconia.

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

4. When did Schrodinger marry Annemarie Bertel?
(a) 1921.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1918.
(d) 1920.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Schrodinger served as a lookout during World War I, how large of a company did he think he saw approaching?

3. How did Hafez break his fast after tracing a cricle in the sand?

4. What mountain could be seen from Mochizuki's office window at the University of Kyoto?

5. Where was Mochizuki born?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did de Broglie become interested in science?

4. Who was one of the first people aware of the existence of Mochizuki's proof, and what was learned when he sent the proof to Ivan Fesenko?

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

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

7. How did Erwin Schrodinger become an international superstar?

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

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

10. Who was Alexander Grothendieck?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 836 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample