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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Night Gardener.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Schwarzschild when he became the youngest university professor in Germany?
(a) 27.
(b) 29.
(c) 28.
(d) 26.

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

3. What mountain could be seen from Mochizuki's office window at the University of Kyoto?
(a) Mount Fjui.
(b) Mount Haku.
(c) Mount Daimonji.
(d) Mounta Takao.

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

5. When did Niels Bohr receive the Nobel Prize?
(a) 1922.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1924.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Schwarzschild wrote about the evolution of stars, how old was he?

2. When did Carl Wilhelm Scheele discover cyanide?

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

4. At the Nuremburg Tribunal how was Goring condemned to die?

5. When did Germany sign the armistice to end the Great War?

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