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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 Schwarzchild marry?

2. During a gas attack, how many soldiers did Schwarzschild help put on gas masks?

3. What did doctors diagnose Schwarzchild with?

4. How many soldiers in the Wehrmacht received Pervitin as part of their rations?

5. How many dihydrocodeine pills did Goring take daily?

Short Essay Questions

1. What addiction did Hermann Goring have?

2. What was said about the charisma of Johann Conrad Dippel?

3. When was the first gas attack in history?

4. How was cyanide used in an attempt to kill Grigori Rasputin, and how was he finally killed?

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

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

7. Why did Fritz Haber win the Nobel Prize for Chemistry?

8. Why did Clara Immerwahr kill herself?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Fritz Haber made many contributions to science. What were his contributions? Why were his contributions positive and negative?

Essay Topic 2

Mochizuki and Grothendieck’s research had to do with pure mathematics. What is the difference between pure and applied mathematics? Why are they both important?

Essay Topic 3

Grothendieck’s abandonment of mathematics is referred to as a curse. Who does Labutut postulate succumbed to Grothendieck’s curse? Why did Labutut seem to think there was a connection between genius and madness?

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