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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Pieter van der Werff the first great painter to use Prussian Blue?
(a) 1743.
(b) 1709.
(c) 1811.
(d) 1809.

2. When Schwarzschild wrote about the evolution of stars, how old was he?
(a) Almost 18.
(b) 22.
(c) 19.
(d) Not quite 20.

3. How old was Schwarzschild when he used his father's glasses to create a device to show his brother the sky?
(a) 7.
(b) 6.
(c) 8.
(d) 9.

4. How did Goring die?
(a) Cyanide.
(b) Hanged.
(c) Electric chair.
(d) Firing squad.

5. How old was the Indian goldsmith who was able to write three lines after he took a dose of cyanide?
(a) 32.
(b) 29.
(c) 46.
(d) 18.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what temperature does blue acid boil?

2. When did Goring die?

3. When did Einstein receive an envelope sent from the trenches of World War I?

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

5. From where did Schwarzchild send his last letter to his wife?

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