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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. How many years did Grothendieck's father spend in prison before he was freed during the Russian Revolution of 1917?
(a) 18.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 22.

2. When Schrodinger served as a lookout during World War I, how large of a company did he think he saw approaching?
(a) At least 200 men.
(b) 210 men.
(c) About 100 men.
(d) 175 men.

3. How did Clara Immerwahr, the first woman to receive a doctorate in chemistry at a German university, kill herself?
(a) Hung herself.
(b) Shot herself in the chest.
(c) Shot herself in the head.
(d) Took cyanide.

4. When a binary star went nova during Schwarzschild's internship, for how many days was it the brightest object in the sky?
(a) Several days.
(b) A week.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 7 days.

5. In 1925, when did Heisenberg's fever break?
(a) Noon.
(b) Late afternoon.
(c) Middle of the night.
(d) Early morning.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Schwarzschild when he published a paper in Astronomische Nachrichten?

2. How many doses of dihydrocodeine did Goring have when he was arrested?

3. What mountain could be seen from Mochizuki's office window at the University of Kyoto?

4. Where was Mochizuki born?

5. After talking a walk and discuss Asian philosophy with Miss Herwig, how did Schrodinger hurt himself?

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