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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 Hafez when he traced a circle in the sand and swore not to rise until he touched the mind of Allah?

2. After the war, how long did Schrodinger notice it took for women to dismember a horse after a mob knocked a policeman off his horse?

3. In 1925, what was the name of the woman on the island Heisenberg traveled to who devoted herself to his recovery?

4. What type of animals were on the island Heisenberg visited in 1925?

5. Where did Grothendieck's father die?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who was Niels Bohr?

3. When did Mochizuki become well known?

4. What was Vienna like after the Great War?

5. Why did Heisenberg go to Heligoland in June 1925?

6. What system did Heisenberg create using only direct observation?

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

8. What deprivations did Erwin Schrodinger suffer during the interwar period?

9. How did de Broglie end his career?

10. How sick did Heisenberg get while he was at Heligoland?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Fritz Haber made many contributions to science. What were his contributions? Why were his contributions positive and negative?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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