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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many humans do not have the gene that allows them to distinguish the odor of cyanide?

2. How many dihydrocodeine pills did Goring take daily?

3. According to Schwarzschild's calculations, what would happen if a giant star exhaused its fuel and beings to collapse?

4. How did Goring die?

5. When was the second time that Heinrich Boll wrote his family and asked for more Pervitin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was strange about Schwarzschild's results when he solved Einstein's equations of general relativity?

2. How did Schwarzschild describe a gas attack he was in?

3. Why did Schwarzschild believe the singularity in his metrics was a mistake?

4. Why did Clara Immerwahr kill herself?

5. Why did Schwarzschild serve in the military during World War I?

6. What did Schwarzschild observe during his internship at the Kuffner observatory?

7. How did Schwarzschild damage the cornea of his left eye?

8. At the age of seven, how did Schwarzschild show his brother the rings of Saturn?

9. How was Prussian Blue discovered, and why did it become popular?

10. When was the first gas attack in history?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

An analogy is the comparison of an unfamiliar object or idea to a familiar one in an attempt to explain the unfamiliar or to help readers understand characters, events, or concepts. What are some analogies Labutut uses in When We Cease to Understand the World? How do these analogies help readers comprehend characters, events, or concepts?

Essay Topic 2

Cyanide was created using the color Prussian Blue and sulphuric acid. What connection does Labutut make between art and poison in the section about cyanide and why?

Essay Topic 3

Schrodinger was diagnosed with tuberculosis after a bout with bronchitis. Why did Schrodinger battle the disease off and on for the rest of his life?

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