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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Heart of the Heart.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Einstein receive an envelope sent from the trenches of World War I?
(a) December 12, 1915.
(b) December 24, 1915.
(c) December 1, 1915.
(d) December 29, 1915.

2. What type of school did Schwarzschild attend as a child?
(a) Jewish primary school.
(b) German primary school.
(c) Confessional school.
(d) Catholic school.

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

4. When did Carl Wilhelm Scheele discover cyanide?
(a) 1779.
(b) 1747.
(c) 1763.
(d) 1782.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did many of those in the Reich leadership kill themselves?

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

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

4. How long after Schwarzchild broke out with two blisters, did he die?

5. How many years did Mochizuki spend at Harvard?

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