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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Einstein grants one final interview to a young man in the safety of his cabin in Chapter Ten. Why does he grant this interview?
(a) The man threatens to blackmail him.
(b) Because he is friends with the man's parents.
(c) Elsa begs him to grant it.
(d) So the young man doesn't lose his job.

2. With which detractors of his theories does Einstein grow particularly angry?
(a) Those who attack him on personal matters.
(b) Those who set out to prove he is crazy.
(c) Those who don't understand his theory.
(d) Those who are academically jealous.

3. When finally able to test the theory, researchers discover what about Einstein's work?
(a) He is correct.
(b) He makes it all up.
(c) He is wrong.
(d) He makes no sense at all.

4. What does Einstein tell the boy from the porch that he remembers best about Munich?
(a) Walking to school everyday.
(b) Listening to his mother play Beethoven on the piano.
(c) Playing with his sister in the front yard.
(d) Fighting on the playground.

5. Einstein decides in Chapter Twelve that he sends a letter of resignation to the Academy at Berlin. What is the response?
(a) They are saddened that he feels resignation necessary.
(b) They see it as proof that Einstein is a Communist.
(c) They do not regret his resignation.
(d) They do not respond at all.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of school does Einstein find in Aarau in Chapter Four?

2. In Chapter Two, the reader learns that Hermann Einstein does what for a living?

3. The reader learns that Einstein helps a girl understand a math question. How is she going to repay him for his help?

4. Why does the boy from the porch think Einstein might help him?

5. During Chapter Eight, Einstein tells his wife to pack as he intends to travel to which country?

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