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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Einsteins come to the conclusion that they should divorce. What does the author say about their relationship after the divorce?
(a) They cannot stand living together.
(b) They remain friends.
(c) They ignore each other.
(d) They hate each other.

2. Why is Albert glad that his uncle doesn't ask about his friends at school?
(a) He doesn't think he needs friends.
(b) He hates the other kids.
(c) He is too busy with his friends to focus on schoolwork.
(d) The other boys think he's stupid.

3. Mrs. Einstein worries that her son has difficulty in school. What reason does she NOT mention for being worried?
(a) No one knows what to expect from him.
(b) He is shy.
(c) He is disrespectful.
(d) He spends too much time dreaming.

4. The Swiss schools are not anxious to hire Einstein for all BUT WHICH of the following reasons?
(a) He is not qualified.
(b) He is a Jew.
(c) He is a beginner.
(d) He is a foreigner.

5. Shortly after the Einstein family relocates to Prague, Einstein is offered a full professorship where?
(a) Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich.
(b) MIT in the USA.
(c) His old Gymnasium in Munich.
(d) The Science Institute in Berlin.

Short Answer Questions

1. When asked by the Archbishop what effect his theory has on religion, what does Einstein answer?

2. Einstein mentions during the Berlin gift nonsense that it "becomes an excuse for many people for the best thing there is in life:________".

3. Einstein is most interested in what part of being a professor?

4. What is Einstein's attitude toward the murder of Walter Rathenau, Minister of Foreign Affairs, at the opening of Chapter Nine?

5. Why is Hermann Einstein pleased when his son displays interest in the pocket watch?

(see the answer key)

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