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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 Fritz Haber die?

2. When a binary star went nova during Schwarzschild's internship, for how many days was it the brightest object in the sky?

3. In the Nazi party, how many navy generals committed suicide?

4. Where was Goring's body cremated?

5. What is the name for Pervitin today?

Short Essay Questions

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

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 was Pervitin, and how was it used by German troops?

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

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

7. How did Carl Wilhelm Scheele discover cyanide?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Cyanide was created using the color Prussian Blue and sulphuric acid. What connection does Labutut make between art and poison in the section about cyanide and why?

Essay Topic 3

Schwarzchild solved equations of general relativity. How did the solution affected his mental state?

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