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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Germany sign the armistice to end the Great War?
(a) November 1918.
(b) September 1918.
(c) December 1918.
(d) October 1918.

2. When did the commune Grothendieck founded as a place open to all descend into lawlessness?
(a) 1976.
(b) 1978.
(c) 1973.
(d) 1971.

3. How many of the Weil conjectures was Grothendieck able to solve?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

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

5. What did the night gardner used to be?
(a) Mathematician.
(b) Biochemist.
(c) Ethologist.
(d) Physicist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name for Pervitin today?

2. Who does the night gardener say hung themselves from the tree he feared when he was a boy?

3. When was cyanide isolated from Prussian Blue?

4. Who did de Broglie serve with and remain friends with after World War I?

5. How long has it been since a family member hung themselves from the tree the night gardener feared as a boy?

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