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

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

3. How long did Schwarzchild realize that his singularity would last if it really existed?
(a) Decades.
(b) Hundreds of thousands of years.
(c) Until the end of the universe.
(d) Thousands of years.

4. Over the course of three days, in what town did men, women, and children commit suicide when the Germans destroyed the bridges leading west?
(a) Demmin.
(b) Loitz.
(c) Warrenzin.
(d) Jarmen.

5. After an expedition to where did Alfred, Schwarzschild's brother, refuse to ever climb with Schwarzschild again?
(a) Annapurna.
(b) Alps.
(c) Pyrenees.
(d) Carpathians.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Mochizuki agree to travel to France?

2. How many times did the Russian have to cut down a woman who tried to hang herself from an oak tree after burying her children under the tree?

3. When did Schwarzchild marry?

4. According to Schwarzschild's calculations, what would happen if a giant star exhaused its fuel and beings to collapse?

5. What was Karl Schwarzschild's rank in the German army during World War I?

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