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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 Werner Karl Heisenberg when he attended Schrodinger's seminar in Munich in 1926?
2. When did Schrodinger marry Annemarie Bertel?
3. How did de Broglie's comrade during World War I die?
4. After Grothendieck's father was sentenced to death for how many weeks was he taken before the firing squad daily before he was condemned to live in prison?
5. What type of animals were on the island Heisenberg visited in 1925?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happened after Grothendieck resigned from the Institute of Advanced Scientific Studies in 1970?
2. What did Einstein say about Heisenberg's ideas?
3. What regimen did Heisenberg follow during his first days in Heligoland?
4. Who was Alexander Grothendieck?
5. What was Vienna like after the Great War?
6. What contributions did Schrodinger make in later years, and how did they compare to what he produced at the tuberculosis sanitarium?
7. Why did Grothendieck's professor Laurent Schwartz give him an article he published, and what did Grothendieck do with the article?
8. What does Labutut write about Heisenberg and his accomplishments?
9. When did Mochizuki become well known?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Artistic license is the way that an author creates, art, music, or writing based upon her interpretation of life. How does Labutut use artistic license to create the realistic background of When We Cease to Understand the World?
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