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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 nationality of Heisenberg's mentor Niels Bohr?
(a) Swedish.
(b) Danish.
(c) Finnish.
(d) Norwegian.

2. When did Schrodinger marry Annemarie Bertel?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1918.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1921.

3. In what century did the Perisan poet Hafez write?
(a) 13th.
(b) 14th.
(c) 12th.
(d) 15th.

4. How long after Schwarzchild broke out with two blisters, did he die?
(a) 5 months.
(b) 9 weeks.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 2 months.

5. What poems did Heisenberg memorize when he was on an island in 1925 and sick with fever?
(a) Art of Living.
(b) West-Eastern Divan.
(c) Maxims and Reflections.
(d) Theory of Colours.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Schrodinger join the Austro-Hungarian army as an office during the Great War?

2. When did Grothendieck die?

3. What instrument did Schwarzschild's father try to get him to learn?

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

5. When did Schwarzschil travel to Algeria to observe a total eclipse?

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