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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. What is Mrs. Einstein's role in her husband's new fame?
(a) She plays hostess to all their visitors.
(b) She dislikes the whole mess and usually stays in her room.
(c) She tries to keep visitors and letters manageable.
(d) She is disgusted that he is not more interested in his fans.

2. Einstein adopts a terrier pup in Chapter Fourteen. What is the name of the dog?
(a) Maja.
(b) Darwin.
(c) Elsa.
(d) Chico.

3. Einstein learns he is awarded what distinction at the end of Chapter Nine?
(a) National Medal of Science.
(b) MacArthur Genius Award.
(c) Nobel Prize.
(d) International Leadership Award.

4. The city of Berlin decides to give Einstein what for his 50th birthday?
(a) A new house on the river.
(b) A beautiful plaque in appreciation.
(c) A statue in the center of town.
(d) A park bearing his name.

5. During Chapter Eight, Einstein tells his wife to pack as he intends to travel to which country?
(a) Jerusalem.
(b) Sweden.
(c) America.
(d) France.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the racial purge of German Universities, which of the following groups are NOT fired?

2. What does Elsa say about her memory of Einstein as a young boy?

3. At the close of Chapter Eleven, Einstein is asked about Hitler. What answer does he give?

4. Einstein is very happy to travel to California as Chapter Eleven begins because he gets to meet ______________, one of his early inspirations.

5. Though he has enemies in political circles, why os Einstein is happy during Chapter Nine?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain why Einstein, a former pacifist, agrees to speak to President Roosevelt about the creation of an atomic bomb.

2. Why are the Einsteins happier in California than on other trips? What is different?

3. With what group of critics does Einstein grow angry in Chapter Eight, and why?

4. Explain Einstein's view of the political climate in Germany at the beginning of Chapter Nine.

5. Describe Einstein's attempts to help those less fortunate refugees in Chapter Thirteen.

6. Describe the boat incident in Chapter Thirteen, and explain what the reader learns about Einstein from this story.

7. Why is Elsa Einstein unhappy in Jerusalem? Explain.

8. What does Einstein's behavior after Elsa's death in Chapter Thirteen tell the reader about him? Is he insensitive?

9. Why is Einstein no longer a pacifist in Chapter Fourteen?

10. What plan does Einstein think up to slow the flood of autograph requests?

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