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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 Germany sign the armistice to end the Great War?

2. How much of his time did Grothendieck dedicate to mathematics for many years?

3. When did de Broglie enlist in the corps of engineers?

4. When did Mochizuki agree to travel to France?

5. What sound could send Louis-Victor Pierre Raymond into a panic?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Niels Bohr?

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

3. How did Erwin Schrodinger become an international superstar?

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

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

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

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

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

9. How did Heisenberg attack Schrodinger's wave mechanics?

10. How did Labutut describe how Schrodinger created wave mechanics?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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

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