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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Grothendieck's father die?
(a) Auschwitz.
(b) Ravensbruck.
(c) Buchenwald.
(d) Dachau.

2. How did Hafez break his fast after tracing a cricle in the sand?
(a) Cup of wine.
(b) A couple pieces of fruit.
(c) Scraps of bread.
(d) A few bits of fish.

3. What family members did Schrodinger lose during the interwar period?
(a) Father and grandfather.
(b) Both grandparents.
(c) Father and sister.
(d) Both parents.

4. When did Robert Oppenheimer and Hartland Snyder demonstrate Schwarzschild's singularity?
(a) September 1, 1939.
(b) September 16, 1939.
(c) September 4, 1939.
(d) September 23, 1939.

5. When was the first gas attack in history conducted?
(a) April 22, 1915.
(b) May 5, 1915.
(c) March 19, 1915.
(d) June 11, 1915.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Louis-Victor Pierre Raymond was a boy, what career was it presumed he would pursue?

2. When Heisenberg tried to wite an article about his epiphany in 1925, how long did Niels Bohr leave the paper unread on his desk?

3. After an exhibition of de Broglie's friend's paintings was horribly criticized, how long did de Broglie lock himself away and see no one but his sister?

4. How many tons of sarin did German scientists manufacture?

5. When did Grothendieck win the Fields Medal?

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