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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 did doctors believe might have triggered the disease that killed Schwarzchild?
(a) Infection.
(b) Fungus.
(c) Allergy.
(d) Gas attack.

2. How did Schwarzchild's sickness begin?
(a) Blisters in his ears.
(b) Blisters on his face.
(c) 2 blisters at the corner of his mouth.
(d) Blisters in his throat.

3. How old was Doctor Herwig's daughter when she first contracted tuberculosis?
(a) 4.
(b) 19.
(c) 28.
(d) 11.

4. When a binary star went nova in a constellation during Schwarzschild's internship, how how did he say awake observing it?
(a) 4 days and nights.
(b) 1 day and 1 night.
(c) 2 days and nights.
(d) 3 days and nights.

5. How many luminaries from the Sorbonne were on the jury for de Broglie's doctoral thesis?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

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. What did Schwarzschild perfect when his unit was first deployed?

3. How old was Schrodinger in 1923?

4. What type of school did Schwarzschild attend as a child?

5. When Schrodinger joined the Austro-Hungarian army, where was he sent?

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