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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. At what temperature does blue acid boil?

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

3. How many times did the Russian have to cut down a woman who tried to hang herself from an oak tree after burying her children under the tree?

4. How long did Schwarzchild realize that his singularity would last if it really existed?

5. Where was Goring's body cremated?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Schwarzschild damage the cornea of his left eye?

2. When was the first gas attack in history?

3. How did Schwarzschild solve Einstein's equation of general relativity?

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

5. How did Carl Wilhelm Scheele discover cyanide?

6. What letter did Albert Einstein receive on December 24, 1915?

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

8. What addiction did Hermann Goring have?

9. What rash of suicides erupted in 1945 in Demmin, Germany, and why?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Schrodinger was diagnosed with tuberculosis after a bout with bronchitis. Why did Schrodinger battle the disease off and on for the rest of his life?

Essay Topic 3

Schwarzschild volunteered to serve in World War I. What was Schwarzchild’s view of World War I, and how did his view change?

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