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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Night Gardener.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many soldiers in the Wehrmacht received Pervitin as part of their rations?
(a) Virtually everyone.
(b) 80 percent.
(c) 75 percent.
(d) 95 percent.

2. What did Heisenberg do at dawn every morning on the island he visited in 1925?
(a) Hike.
(b) Walk.
(c) Study.
(d) Swim.

3. When Schwarzschild made a crude telescope to show his brother the sky, what did he show his brother?
(a) Rings of Saturn.
(b) Venus.
(c) Craters of the moon.
(d) Mercury.

4. When did de Broglie enlist in the corps of engineers?
(a) 1918.
(b) 1913.
(c) 1914.
(d) 1917.

5. In April of 1945, how many people killed themselves in Berlin?
(a) 3,800.
(b) 4,100.
(c) 2,700.
(d) 1,900.

Short Answer Questions

1. After an expedition to where did Alfred, Schwarzschild's brother, refuse to ever climb with Schwarzschild again?

2. According to Schwarzschild's calculations, what would happen if a giant star exhaused its fuel and beings to collapse?

3. Who was the mathematician who noticed the proof Shinichi Mochizuki posted on his blog?

4. Where does the plague breed?

5. How old was Doctor Herwig's daughter when she first contracted tuberculosis?

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