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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through When We Cease to Understand the World.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did some of the most prominent mathematicians in the world gather in Oxford to study Mochizuki's proof?
(a) March 2014.
(b) January 2014.
(c) December 2013.
(d) October 2013.

3. What type of animals were on the island Heisenberg visited in 1925?
(a) Antelope.
(b) Mule deer.
(c) Wild horses.
(d) Goats.

4. Where did de Broglie serve as a telegraph operator during World War I?
(a) Eiffel Tower.
(b) Marseille.
(c) Toulouse.
(d) Normandy.

5. Who did de Broglie serve with and remain friends with after World War I?
(a) Henri Bellery-Desfontaines.
(b) Uoseph-Felix Bouchor.
(c) Jean-Baptiste Vasek.
(d) Jules Adler.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many dihydrocodeine pills did Goring take daily?

2. How did Schwarzchild's sickness begin?

3. When was Alexander Grothendieck a colossus in mathematics?

4. On the island Heisenberg visited in 1925, in what direction was the nearest city?

5. In 1925 on an island he visited, what view did Heisenberg have from his hotel windows?

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