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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. After Heisenberg's fever broke in 1925, how many of his matrices had he finished?
(a) 1/4.
(b) All.
(c) 2/3.
(d) 1/2.

2. During World War II, how tall was a column of smoke that the British detonated on Heligoland?
(a) 2,500 meters.
(b) 3,500 meters.
(c) 3,000 meters.
(d) 4,000 meters.

3. When did Schwarzschil travel to Algeria to observe a total eclipse?
(a) 1906.
(b) 1905.
(c) 1907.
(d) 1908.

4. What university did Heisenberg return to after a time on an island in 1925?
(a) Heidelberg.
(b) Freiburg.
(c) Gottingen.
(d) Berlin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1925 when Heisenberg got lost in fog on an island he visited, what skeleton did he see at his feet?

2. Who did de Broglie serve with and remain friends with after World War I?

3. When did Erwin Schrodinger travel to Munich to present one of the strangest and most powerful equations ever created?

4. After Grothendieck's father was sentenced to death for how many weeks was he taken before the firing squad daily before he was condemned to live in prison?

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

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