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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Einstein's peers feel he has what attitude toward his country during Chapter Nine?
2. In what area does Mrs. Einstein excel?
3. Though he has enemies in political circles, why os Einstein is happy during Chapter Nine?
4. During the tour of Japan, Einstein's guide says that Einstein offends Japanese people. How?
5. The Einsteins leave the children at home in Chapter Nine in order to take a trip through what region?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Why is Einstein no longer a pacifist in Chapter Fourteen?
3. Why is Elsa Einstein unhappy in Jerusalem? Explain.
4. Why do some Berlin scientists imply that Einstein is a traitor to his country?
5. Explain the approach Einstein wants the U.S. to take in regards to the atomic bomb after its creation.
6. Elsa Einstein says that it is difficult to be married to Albert Einstein. Does this seem likely? Why is it difficult?
7. Explain why Einstein, a former pacifist, agrees to speak to President Roosevelt about the creation of an atomic bomb.
8. Describe the boat incident in Chapter Thirteen, and explain what the reader learns about Einstein from this story.
9. What does Einstein's behavior after Elsa's death in Chapter Thirteen tell the reader about him? Is he insensitive?
10. Why is Einstein happier at Princeton University than he is at previous appointments?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast the different schools Einstein attends and discuss why those schools are helpful or harmful to Einstein as he matures. What effect do the various types of instruction have on his personality and on his teaching career later in life?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the ways in which Einstein's experiences at the Polytechnic School form who he is for the rest of his life. What impact do his friends have? What impact does Mileva have? If the school is structured differently, does Einstein become a different person? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Describe Einstein's changing relationship with his religion, from his attitude toward it as a child through young adulthood and finally to old age. In what ways does religion influence him through his life, if at all? How does he reconcile faith with science?
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