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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Marie dream of building a home, but never finds the time to fulfill her dream?
(a) Saint-Louis.
(b) Larcouest.
(c) Warsaw.
(d) Sceaux.

2. How many scientific communications do the Curies publish between 1899 and 1904?
(a) 50.
(b) 10.
(c) 32.
(d) 25.

3. What does Marie specifically make time to do now that she had not done previously?
(a) Teach others about her research.
(b) Use her name to gather funds.
(c) Travel to support scientific projects.
(d) Spend more time with her family.

4. What revives Marie's nature and fervor to return to work?
(a) Desire to find the answer.
(b) A new breakthrough.
(c) Husband's death.
(d) Love of small children.

5. What does Marie typically do on Tuesday and Fridays?
(a) Gives lectures.
(b) Works in the lab.
(c) Gives interviews.
(d) Receives honors.

6. What is Marie's primary reason for the decision she makes in regard as to whether to go or stay?
(a) Her children.
(b) Her new lab.
(c) Her dead husband.
(d) Her patriotism.

7. What does Marie accuse herself of when in truth she simply needs to find some actual rest in her life?
(a) Anger.
(b) Losing her mind.
(c) Resolution.
(d) Stupidity.

8. Which of the following characters is Marie's constant companion until married?
(a) Frederic.
(b) Irene.
(c) Eve.
(d) Helene.

9. Which is the most accurate description of the manner in which Pierre is walking on the day he died?
(a) With a purpose.
(b) Methodically.
(c) Directly.
(d) Absent-mindedly.

10. How old is Marie when she makes her first trip to America?
(a) 54.
(b) 72.
(c) 45.
(d) 60.

11. What was Marie the first person and only person to do?
(a) To survive radiation poisoning.
(b) Win the Nobel Prize twice.
(c) To expose her children to radioactivity.
(d) To win scientific prizes as a Polish citizen.

12. What look do Eve and Irene always associate with their mother?
(a) A strong and determined look.
(b) A fragile, grief-stricken look.
(c) A destroyed, yet resolved look.
(d) A surprising, firm look.

13. About how many of the "little Curies" did Marie personally create by the end of the war?
(a) 2000.
(b) 200.
(c) 2.
(d) 2 million.

14. What does Marie have to endure as she grows older that she hides from her workers?
(a) Memory loss.
(b) Inability to speak clearly.
(c) Hearing loss.
(d) Temporary blindness.

15. What political situation does Marie take an interest in?
(a) Revolution in Russia.
(b) WWI.
(c) Poland Revolution.
(d) WWII.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marie continue to suffer from?

2. Why do the professors arouse criticism?

3. What does the celebrity status ruin for Marie causing her to become depressed?

4. What is the only hierarchy that Marie allows in Brittany when she joins her children?

5. What do the doctors diagnose Pierre with?

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