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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. In Chapter Thirteen, Infeld says of the professor, "Once a work is finished his interest in it ____".
(a) Increases.
(b) Becomes different.
(c) Wanes.
(d) Ceases.

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

3. When asked by the Archbishop what effect his theory has on religion, what does Einstein answer?
(a) It makes religion more important.
(b) It makes religion irrelevant.
(c) It destroys religion completely.
(d) None.

4. What universities does Einstein NOT visit on his trip in Chapter Eight?
(a) Cal Tech.
(b) Columbia.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Princeton.

5. One of the people who attends Einstein's lecture in Paris is _____.
(a) Rachel Carson.
(b) Virginia Apgar.
(c) Rosalind Franklin.
(d) Madame Curie.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the new prestige of the award from Chapter Ten affect Einstein's behavior?

2. On the way home from the trip to Japan, Einstein cannot resist an invitation to visit what country?

3. In what area does Mrs. Einstein excel?

4. Elsa Einstein notes in an interview that "To be the wife of this man..."

5. Mrs. Einstein is frightened and alarmed when she hears what report in Chapter Twelve?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why is Hitler's persecution of Einstein as a Jew ironic? Explain.

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

6. Elsa Einstein says that it is difficult to be married to Albert Einstein. Does this seem likely? Why is it difficult?

7. Why is Einstein happier at Princeton University than he is at previous appointments?

8. Einstein wins a Nobel Prize for physics in 1922, but not for his theory on relativity. For what work is he given the Nobel, and why is relativity not included?

9. Why does Einstein finally decide to settle in America?

10. Why is Einstein's international fame surprising?

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