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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. How old was Schwarzschild when he enlisted during World War I?

2. At what temperature does blue acid boil?

3. How did Clara Immerwahr, the first woman to receive a doctorate in chemistry at a German university, kill herself?

4. How old was Schwarzschild when he published a paper in Astronomische Nachrichten?

5. In June of 2016, how much was paid for a pair of Goring's underpants?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How did Schwarzschild describe a gas attack he was in?

6. How did Hitler's dog die?

7. Why did Clara Immerwahr kill herself?

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

9. Why did Schwarzschild believe the singularity in his metrics was a mistake?

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

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

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Grothendieck and Mochizuki were mathematicians. What did the men have in common? Why were both men considered geniuses?

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