Chemistry: A Novel Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

How does the narrator's idea of her abilities as a chemist change after she starts graduate school? (from Pages 1 - 30)

Chemistry is very important to her when she starts graduate school, but she develops a nonchalant attitude toward it as she goes on.

She starts graduate school doubting herself, and this feeling gets worse as she goes on.

She starts off feeling unsure of herself, but gradually builds confidence as her research succeeds.

She starts off confident in her achievements, but her confidence diminishes as she realizes that others have achieved more than her.

2.

How does the narrator react to receiving an e-mail from Eric? (from Pages 148 - 174)

She is angry that he did not e-mail her sooner.

She is reluctant to open it and then deletes it.

She immediately opens it because she misses him so much.

She deliberately ignores it.

3.

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

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

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.

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

4.

How does the narrator describe her father's upbringing? (from Pages 1 - 30)

Her father's parents were engineers and pressured him to become one.

Her father had family members who emigrated to the United States.

Her father's parents told him that he could become whatever he wanted.

Her father grew up poor and studied hard to better himself.

5.

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

It makes them fight even more.

It finally leads to their breakup.

It rekindles some of their physical and emotional intimacy.

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

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