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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through When We Cease to Understand the World.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Schwarzchild's brother who was a painter in Hamburg?
(a) Thomas.
(b) Elias.
(c) Alfred.
(d) Martin.

2. How tall were the cliffs on the island Heisenberg went in 1925?
(a) 50 meters.
(b) 80 meters.
(c) 65 meters.
(d) 70 meters.

3. How many day did Schrodinger serve as a lookout in a fortress in the mountains of Alto Adige?
(a) 15.
(b) 5.
(c) 8.
(d) 10.

4. How old was Schwarzschild when he published a paper in Astronomische Nachrichten?
(a) 17.
(b) 18.
(c) 15.
(d) 16.

5. How many servants did de Broglie's brother Maurice bring when he sought to get him out of seclusion after the failure of the art exhibition?
(a) 10.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Karl Schwarzschild's rank in the German army during World War I?

2. When did Heisenberg received the Nobel Prize for the creation of quantum mechanics?

3. When Schrodinger returned to Zurich, in what period of time did he build on his equation until it comprised a copmle mechanics?

4. How long have Einstein published his theory of general relativity did Schwarzchild provide a solution?

5. When Schwarzschild was doing his internship, in what constellation did a binary star go nova?

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