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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Einstein's famous formula mean?
(a) Energy equals motion times the speed of sound squared.
(b) Energy equals motion times the speed of light.
(c) Energy equals mass times the speed of sound cubed.
(d) Energy equals mass times the speed of light squared.

2. Einstein is most interested in what part of being a professor?
(a) Honor.
(b) Money.
(c) Research.
(d) Prestige.

3. Albert tells his uncle that being in school is like what?
(a) Sleep walking.
(b) Going to prison.
(c) Going to the doctor.
(d) Being a soldier.

4. Why is Hermann annoyed when the family sits down to dinner in Chapter Two?
(a) The knife he is using is dull.
(b) His daughter is misbehaving.
(c) Albert does not come in for dinner.
(d) The mashed potatoes are cold.

5. In Chapter Four, Einstein makes friends from other countries at his new school. What affect do their stories have on him?
(a) He plans a career in government.
(b) He starts plotting a German revolution.
(c) He thinks they're lying and refuses to spend time with them.
(d) He begins dreaming of freedom for all men.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Swiss schools are not anxious to hire Einstein for all BUT WHICH of the following reasons?

2. How many students attend Einstein's first few lectures at the university in Chapter Six?

3. When Mrs. Einstein asks how Albert gets his nickname at school, what does he tell her?

4. According to Chapter One, what odd experience does Einstein have in Germany before he leaves?

5. At the time it is published, the popular saying about Einstein's famous theory is what?

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