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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bertrand Russell comments that "Everybody knows that Einstein does something astonishing...".
(a) "but no one thinks it is important."
(b) "and we eagerly await his next invention."
(c) "and the whole world knows exactly what he does."
(d) "but very few people know exactly what it is that he does."

2. What solution does Uncle Jake propose for Albert's difficulties in school?
(a) That Albert tries harder to pay attention at school.
(b) That Albert come to him with questions.
(c) That Albert drops out of school.
(d) That Albert stay after school to ask questions.

3. Why is the hometown of the boy waiting on the porch significant to Einstein?
(a) He is friends with a woman who lives there.
(b) It is also Einstein's hometown.
(c) His sister lives there.
(d) He attends school there.

4. What is Einstein's attitude toward politics during Chapter Seven?
(a) He is involved for a long time.
(b) He is never interested.
(c) He thinks it ridiculous.
(d) He finds it fascinating.

5. Chapter Two ends with Mrs. Einstein expressing her desire that her son becomes what?
(a) A good father.
(b) A factory owner.
(c) A violinist.
(d) A professor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Hermann annoyed when the family sits down to dinner in Chapter Two?

2. What does Einstein's theory tell us about time and space?

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

4. When Mrs. Einstein asks how Albert gets his nickname at school, what does he tell her?

5. Einstein's peers feel he has what attitude toward his country during Chapter Nine?

(see the answer key)

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