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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapter 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Marie decide to get her masters degree in?
(a) Physics and math.
(b) Math and anatomy.
(c) Physics only.
(d) Physics and anatomy.

2. Where do Manya and Bronya dream of going?
(a) Russia.
(b) Paris.
(c) America.
(d) London.

3. What is pitchblende?
(a) A radium core.
(b) A combination of radium and polonium.
(c) A polonium based metal.
(d) A uranium core.

4. What does Marie discover?
(a) Thorium.
(b) Uranium.
(c) Gamma rays.
(d) Radioactivity.

5. How does Manya consider herself intellectually?
(a) Below par.
(b) Superior.
(c) Average if not less.
(d) Passable.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marie's discovery cause to be re-examined?

2. What research is Pierre conducting that he abandons to help Marie?

3. Where do the Curies go to escape the publicity?

4. Which of the children takes over managing the household once Manya's mother dies?

5. Who does Manya begin teaching?

(see the answer key)

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