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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Schwarzschild made a crude telescope to show his brother the sky, what did he show his brother?
(a) Venus.
(b) Craters of the moon.
(c) Mercury.
(d) Rings of Saturn.

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

3. What was the name of Schwarzchild's brother who was a painter in Hamburg?
(a) Thomas.
(b) Martin.
(c) Alfred.
(d) Elias.

4. When did Berlin fall?
(a) April 23, 1945.
(b) April 2, 1945.
(c) April 16, 1945.
(d) April 12, 1945.

5. How old was Schwarzschild when he enlisted during World War I?
(a) Over 50.
(b) 43.
(c) 51.
(d) Over 40.

6. How long could Nazi troopers stay awake when taking Pervitin?
(a) 15-20 days.
(b) 8-10 weeks.
(c) Days.
(d) Weeks.

7. What did doctors diagnose Schwarzchild with?
(a) Pemphigus.
(b) IgA-mediated bullous dermatoses.
(c) Pemphigoid.
(d) Epidermolysis bullosa acquista.

8. From where was Johann Jacob Diesbach from who discovered Prussian Blue?
(a) Austria.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) Bavaria.
(d) Germany.

9. When did Einstein receive an envelope sent from the trenches of World War I?
(a) December 1, 1915.
(b) December 29, 1915.
(c) December 12, 1915.
(d) December 24, 1915.

10. How many bison slaughtered on the plains in America, were used to produce fertilizer?
(a) 35 million.
(b) 18 million.
(c) More than 30 million.
(d) About 25 million.

11. How did Schwarzchild's sickness begin?
(a) Blisters in his throat.
(b) Blisters on his face.
(c) 2 blisters at the corner of his mouth.
(d) Blisters in his ears.

12. When did Fritz Haber die?
(a) 1937.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1932.

13. When Schwarzschild wrote about the evolution of stars, how old was he?
(a) 22.
(b) 19.
(c) Almost 18.
(d) Not quite 20.

14. When was the first gas attack in history conducted?
(a) April 22, 1915.
(b) March 19, 1915.
(c) May 5, 1915.
(d) June 11, 1915.

15. When was the second time that Heinrich Boll wrote his family and asked for more Pervitin?
(a) May 20, 1940.
(b) June 28, 1940.
(c) March 7, 1940.
(d) April 10, 1940.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Goring die?

2. In the Nazi party, how many navy generals committed suicide?

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

4. What instrument did Schwarzschild's father try to get him to learn?

5. When did Carl Wilhelm Scheele discover cyanide?

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