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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Schwarzschil travel to Algeria to observe a total eclipse?

2. When was cyanide isolated from Prussian Blue?

3. How old was Schwarzschild when he used his father's glasses to create a device to show his brother the sky?

4. How long have Einstein published his theory of general relativity did Schwarzchild provide a solution?

5. When did Fritz Haber die?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Carl Wilhelm Scheele discover cyanide?

2. When was the first gas attack in history?

3. What milestones did Schwarzschild reach even before he was 20?

4. What did Schwarzschild observe during his internship at the Kuffner observatory?

5. How was Goring sentenced to die; how did he want to die; and how did he die?

6. Why did Schwarzschild serve in the military during World War I?

7. How was Prussian Blue discovered, and why did it become popular?

8. What was Schwarzschild's sickness and how did it progress?

9. At the age of seven, how did Schwarzschild show his brother the rings of Saturn?

10. Why did Clara Immerwahr kill herself?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Genre is a means of classifying literature. What is the genre of the novel? Why is historical fiction and metaphysical fiction?

Essay Topic 2

Artistic license is the way that an author creates, art, music, or writing based upon her interpretation of life. How does Labutut use artistic license to create the realistic background of When We Cease to Understand the World?

Essay Topic 3

Schwarzchild created a makeshift telescope when he was seven. What accomplishments did Schwarzchild have by the time he was 28? Was he a prodigy?

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