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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Schwarzschild's Singularity.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of Jews are especially susceptible to the disease that killed Schwarzchild?
(a) Mizrahim.
(b) Ashkenazi.
(c) Teimanim.
(d) Georgian.

2. What was Karl Schwarzschild's rank in the German army during World War I?
(a) Sergeant.
(b) Corporal.
(c) Captain.
(d) Lieutenant.

3. If Germany bombed Britain with poison gas, how many civilians did an adviser to the British government estimate an attack of that kind would kill?
(a) 230,000.
(b) About 300,000.
(c) More than 250,000.
(d) 175,000.

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

5. How old was Schwarzschild when he enlisted during World War I?
(a) Over 40.
(b) 51.
(c) 43.
(d) Over 50.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Clara Immerwahr, the first woman to receive a doctorate in chemistry at a German university, kill herself?

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

3. How old was the Indian goldsmith who was able to write three lines after he took a dose of cyanide?

4. When Schwarzschild was doing his internship, in what constellation did a binary star go nova?

5. Whose arms did Clar Immerwahr die in?

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