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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How many servants did de Broglie's brother Maurice bring when he sought to get him out of seclusion after the failure of the art exhibition?
(a) 3.
(b) 8.
(c) 10.
(d) 5.
2. When Schrodinger joined the Austro-Hungarian army, where was he sent?
(a) France.
(b) Belgium.
(c) Italy.
(d) Gallipoli.
3. Who did Bohr notify about Heisenberg's paper and say it would have enormous implications?
(a) Pascual Jordan.
(b) Schroedinger.
(c) Matthew Fisher.
(d) Einstein.
4. How did Hafez break his fast after tracing a cricle in the sand?
(a) Cup of wine.
(b) A couple pieces of fruit.
(c) Scraps of bread.
(d) A few bits of fish.
5. How old was Hafez when he traced a circle in the sand and swore not to rise until he touched the mind of Allah?
(a) 60.
(b) 61.
(c) 59.
(d) 58.
6. How did de Broglie's comrade during World War I die?
(a) Heart attack.
(b) Drowned.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Suicide.
7. When did Goethe write the poems Heisenberg tried to memorize in 1925?
(a) 1804.
(b) 1819.
(c) 1826.
(d) 1817.
8. 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?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.
9. How old was Mochizuki when he already had his doctorate?
(a) 23.
(b) 19.
(c) 20.
(d) 21.
10. When did de Broglie enlist in the corps of engineers?
(a) 1914.
(b) 1913.
(c) 1918.
(d) 1917.
11. Who influenced Louis-Victor Pierre Raymond de Broglie to study physics?
(a) An uncle.
(b) A friend.
(c) A cousin.
(d) His older brother.
12. When did Einstein propose the particle-wave duality?
(a) 1905.
(b) 1908.
(c) 1903.
(d) 1901.
13. What weapon did Schrodinger take with him when he joined the Austro-Hungarian army that he paid for himself?
(a) Bayonet.
(b) Rifle.
(c) 2 pistols.
(d) Revolver.
14. At what age could Louis-Victor Pierre Raymond recite the names of all the ministers of the Third Republic?
(a) 9.
(b) 11.
(c) 8.
(d) 10.
15. How many day did Schrodinger serve as a lookout in a fortress in the mountains of Alto Adige?
(a) 8.
(b) 10.
(c) 15.
(d) 5.
Short Answer Questions
1. How much of his time did Grothendieck dedicate to mathematics for many years?
2. How many pages were the proof that Shinichi Mochizuki published in four articles on his blog for a + b +c?
3. How old was Grothendieck's father when he was arrested by the Tsarist police and sentenced to death along with his comrades?
4. What illness did Schrodinger suffer during the interwar period?
5. When Schrodinger served as a lookout during World War I, how large of a company did he think he saw approaching?
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