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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When did Goethe write the poems Heisenberg tried to memorize in 1925?
(a) 1817.
(b) 1826.
(c) 1804.
(d) 1819.
2. How old was Mochizuki when he already had his doctorate?
(a) 20.
(b) 23.
(c) 19.
(d) 21.
3. When Heisenberg tried to wite an article about his epiphany in 1925, how long did Niels Bohr leave the paper unread on his desk?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 11 days.
(c) Weeks.
(d) Months.
4. When Schrodinger served as a lookout during World War I, how large of a company did he think he saw approaching?
(a) About 100 men.
(b) 175 men.
(c) At least 200 men.
(d) 210 men.
5. When Schrodinger joined the Austro-Hungarian army, where was he sent?
(a) Italy.
(b) France.
(c) Belgium.
(d) Gallipoli.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many of the Weil conjectures was Grothendieck able to solve?
2. Who did Heisenberg nearly run into in 1925 on an island he visited who was trying to sell him something?
3. When did Einstein propose the particle-wave duality?
4. In 1925 when Heisenberg got lost in fog on an island he visited, what skeleton did he see at his feet?
5. How old was Werner Karl Heisenberg when he attended Schrodinger's seminar in Munich in 1926?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who was Niels Bohr?
2. What happened after Grothendieck resigned from the Institute of Advanced Scientific Studies in 1970?
3. What did Einstein say about Heisenberg's ideas?
4. Why did Grothendieck's professor Laurent Schwartz give him an article he published, and what did Grothendieck do with the article?
5. How did Labutut summarize Einstein's opposition to quantum mechanics?
6. Why did Heisenberg go to Heligoland in June 1925?
7. How did de Broglie become interested in science?
8. What limitations did Heisenberg set on his research during his time in Heligoland?
9. How did de Broglie end his career?
10. How did Heisenberg attack Schrodinger's wave mechanics?
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