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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 the commune Grothendieck founded as a place open to all descend into lawlessness?

2. When a doctor was finally consulted about Heisenberg's condition in 1925, what did he diagnose?

3. How old was Doctor Herwig's daughter when she first contracted tuberculosis?

4. When did Grothendieck win the Fields Medal?

5. When was Alexander Grothendieck a colossus in mathematics?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Grothendieck's project at the Institute of Advanced Scientific Studies?

2. How did Erwin Schrodinger become an international superstar?

3. Who was one of the first people aware of the existence of Mochizuki's proof, and what was learned when he sent the proof to Ivan Fesenko?

4. What happened after Grothendieck resigned from the Institute of Advanced Scientific Studies in 1970?

5. Who was Niels Bohr?

6. What was Grothendieck's lifelong obsession, and what was one of his greatest discoveries?

7. What did Einstein say about Heisenberg's ideas?

8. When and how did Shinichi Mochizuki publish a proof for a + b = c?

9. How did Labutut summarize Einstein's opposition to quantum mechanics?

10. What does Labutut write about Heisenberg and his accomplishments?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There is a lemon tree on the narrator’s property in “The Night Gardener.” What does the narrator want to know about his tree? What paradox is created this scenario? How does the paradox of the lemon tree connect to the paradox of scientific discovery?

Essay Topic 2

Setting is the place and time where a novel takes place. What is the setting in “The Night Gardener”? How does the setting evoke feelings or set the mood in the setting?

Essay Topic 3

An epiphany is a realization that can be enlightening and help solve a situation or problem. What epiphanies does Werner Heisenberg have? How do these epiphanies help him with his research?

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