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1. Albert Schweitzer was born in Kaysersberg, Upper Alsace on January 14th, 1875. At the time of his birth, was Upper Alsace part of Germany or France?
2. True or false: Schweitzer could play the Günsbach church organ at the age of 9 and continued his musical studies later on in life.
3. In 1893, Schweitzer entered Strasbourg University. Six years later, when he was preparing to receive his degree in philosophy, he wrote his doctoral thesis on the religious philosophy of which person?
4. True or false: As 1906 rolled around, Schweitzer was famous worldwide for his book, "The Quest for the Historical Jesus", and decided to apply to medical school. Earlier in the year, however, he left the seminary.
5. In 1912, Schweitzer married another medical scholar, Hélène Bresslau. The following year they sailed abroad and built a hospital. What was their destination?
6. In this 1923 book, Schweitzer wrote about the "reverence for life", which shows how all creatures are one, and offered "the most universal definition of good and evil".
7. True or false: After he wrote his 1923 book, he returned to the hospital he built to find it uncared for and overrun with weeds.
8. For his humanitarian work, Schweitzer won the Nobel Peace Prize in what decade?
9. On April 28th (stop nuclear tests), 29th (danger of atomic war), and 30th (abandon nuclear weapons), 1958, Schweitzer made three appeals on Oslo, Norway radio to stop the impending Cold War. These broadcasts were later published under what name?
10. What decade of the 20th century did Albert Schweitzer die in?
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