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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. Who did Bohr notify about Heisenberg's paper and say it would have enormous implications?
(a) Einstein.
(b) Pascual Jordan.
(c) Matthew Fisher.
(d) Schroedinger.

2. Where was Mochizuki born?
(a) Sapporo.
(b) Kyoto.
(c) Osaka.
(d) Tokyo.

3. When Louis-Victor Pierre Raymond was a boy, what career was it presumed he would pursue?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Writer.
(c) Politics.
(d) Diplomacy.

4. How old was Doctor Herwig's daughter when she first contracted tuberculosis?
(a) 11.
(b) 4.
(c) 19.
(d) 28.

5. Who influenced Louis-Victor Pierre Raymond de Broglie to study physics?
(a) A friend.
(b) His older brother.
(c) A cousin.
(d) An uncle.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Schrodinger served as a lookout during World War I, how much larger was the company he thought he saw advancing than his force?

2. What sound could send Louis-Victor Pierre Raymond into a panic?

3. What was the nationality of Heisenberg's mentor Niels Bohr?

4. When Heisenberg had a fever in 1925 on vacation, how many blankets did he cover himself with?

5. Who did Heisenberg nearly run into in 1925 on an island he visited who was trying to sell him something?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Grothendieck's last visitor before his death in 2014?

2. Who was Niels Bohr?

3. Who was one of the first people aware of the existence of Mochizuki's proof, and what was learned when he sent the proof to Ivan Fesenko?

4. What limitations did Heisenberg set on his research during his time in Heligoland?

5. What contributions did Schrodinger make in later years, and how did they compare to what he produced at the tuberculosis sanitarium?

6. Why did Grothendieck's professor Laurent Schwartz give him an article he published, and what did Grothendieck do with the article?

7. What analogy is used to describe Heisenberg's discovery?

8. How did de Broglie become interested in science?

9. How did Erwin Schrodinger become an international superstar?

10. What deprivations did Erwin Schrodinger suffer during the interwar period?

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