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Madame Curie | Quiz

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Madame Curie | Quiz

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1)

What profession does Bronya's husband have? (from Part 2: Chapter 8)

Scientist.
Superintendent.
Teacher.
Doctor.
2)

What does Marie continue to suffer from? (from Part 3: Chapter 26)

Radiation sickness.
Stage fright.
Tremors.
Grief.
3)

What has Marie ruled out of her life? (from Part 2: Chapter 10)

Love.
Children.
Family support.
Fulfilling her dreams.
4)

How does Marie look back on these years with her exhaustion and chronic worry about money? (from Part 2: Chapter 9)

The most surprising years of her life.
The most difficult years of her life.
The worst years of her life.
The most perfect years of her life.
5)

What does the Curies' doctor warn Marie of? (from Part 2: Chapter 11)

Taking more time to rest.
Eating right.
Tubercular lesion.
Baby's seizure disorder.
6)

Continuing the research themselves in their shed causes what to happen to Marie? (from Part 2: Chapter 14)

She loses her position.
Her health deteriorates.
She is unable to care for Irene.
Her family abandons her.
7)

How do Marie's workers feel about her? (from Part 3: Chapter 26)

They think it is time that she resign.
They take pride in her accomplishments.
They no longer trust her judgment.
They are devoted to her.
8)

What does Marie worry about on her last day in the lab? (from Part 3: Chapter 27)

Her work.
Her mechanic.
A rose.
Her radium.
9)

How do the Curies discover radium's luminosity? (from Part 2: Chapter 13)

They reduce the atomic weight.
They boil down the liquid for a long time.
They combine it with salt.
They see jars on the shelf glowing blue.
10)

How are Marie and Pierre similar? (from Part 2: Chapter 10)

Both are from Poland.
Both like to be near their family.
Both are married to their work.
Both have sisters.
11)

What was Marie the first person and only person to do? (from Part 3: Chapter 20)

To win scientific prizes as a Polish citizen.
To expose her children to radioactivity.
To survive radiation poisoning.
Win the Nobel Prize twice.
12)

What does Pierre discover about radiation? (from Part 2: Chapter 15)

It destroys diseased cells.
It is difficult to identify.
It is making him sick.
It can be manufactored without radium.
13)

Why does Marie need to get up very early in the morning? (from Part 2: Chapter 11)

To pay the bills.
To go to the market.
To do her own chores.
To take Pierre to work.
14)

What does Marie insist on after she reviews the documents presented to her by the President? (from Part 3: Chapter 23)

That they be changed to give the gift to the scientific community not herself.
That her lab in Paris be moved to America.
That they be turned in for funds to support her lab in Paris.
That they be displayed in her lab.
15)

Where does Marie feel truly in her element? (from Part 2: Chapter 9)

With her sister and brother-in-law.
Her attic apartment.
Working with the peasants.
Physics laboratory.
16)

What does Marie form for her children after her father-in-law dies? (from Part 3: Chapter 19)

A teaching cooperative.
A room in the house specifically for them.
A special memorial to her husband and father-in-law.
A play yard near her lab.
17)

How does the American public rank Marie Curie which her children see for the first time? (from Part 3: Chapter 23)

Among the most important living men and women.
As any other scientist.
As the most important woman.
As their savior.
18)

What political situation does Marie take an interest in? (from Part 2: Chapter 17)

WWII.
WWI.
Revolution in Russia.
Poland Revolution.
19)

What does Marie maintain despite the fact that she is growing weak and aging? (from Part 3: Chapter 25)

Sadness.
Inhuman pace.
Curiousity.
Weariness.
20)

What does Marie use to defend herself against the idea of illness or death? (from Part 3: Chapter 27)

There is no one to keep the lab going but her.
There is too much to be done.
That people need her.
That she needs to be around for her family.
21)

How do the Curies pay for the residue of the pitchblende they receive from the mines? (from Part 2: Chapter 13)

University money.
Borrowed money from their siblings.
Borrowed money from a bank loan.
Their own savings.
22)

What does Marie do with the clothes Pierre was wearing when he was killed? (from Part 2: Chapter 18)

She cuts them up and throws them in the fire.
She cuts them into pieces for a quilt.
She gives them to Bronya to get rid of.
She cleans them meticuously.
23)

How many scientific communications do the Curies publish between 1899 and 1904? (from Part 2: Chapter 15)

25.
10.
32.
50.
24)

What is the lesson that Marie ensured her children would learn? (from Part 3: Chapter 19)

Respect.
Love.
Independence.
About their father.
25)

What medical condition does Marie suffer from due to her diet? (from Part 2: Chapter 9)

Anemia.
Osteoporosis.
Scurvy.
Diabetes.
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