Chemistry: A Novel Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What happens when the narrator makes a list of the pros and cons of accepting Eric's proposal? (from Pages 1 - 30)

She lists more cons than pros, and begins to wonder if she should stay in the relationship.

She lists an equal number of pros and cons, and remains indecisive.

She lists mostly pros and few cons, and decides it would be best to accept.

She lists many pros and no cons, but still cannot decide whether to accept.

2.

Why does the narrator contrast Clara and Fritz Haber with Marie and Pierre Curie? (from Pages 175 - 211)

One couple shows how science can make the world better, and the other shows how science can make the world worse.

She realizes that marriages can fall between the extremes of good and bad.

She laments that the wives in both marriage were mistreated by their husband.

Their marriages prove that the narrator and Eric would never have been happy.

3.

What effect does their ceiling caving in have on the narrator's and Eric's relationship? (from Pages 66 - 108)

It finally leads to their breakup.

It leads them to consider whether they could stay together without getting married.

It rekindles some of their physical and emotional intimacy.

It makes them fight even more.

4.

How does the narrator react to the classmates joke about Asian parents only giving their children the option of being a doctor? (from Pages 31 - 65)

She is furious and internalizes her anger.

She discusses it with her parents.

She kicks her classmate.

She agrees that this is true.

5.

What is the narrator's attitude toward the only other Asian child she goes to school with? (from Pages 109 - 147)

She sympathizes with his attitude toward Asian immigrants.

She resents him for acting like he is nothing like her because he is adopted.

She wants to be friends with him.

She feels sorry for him because he is cut off from his Asian heritage.

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