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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Why is Hermann Einstein pleased when his son displays interest in the pocket watch?
(a) Albert seldom expresses interest about anything.
(b) He is glad his son can tell time.
(c) Albert usually throws a temper tantrum when in trouble.
(d) He is happy that the Albert is sorry for his behavior.
2. What does Einstein's famous formula mean?
(a) Energy equals mass times the speed of light squared.
(b) Energy equals mass times the speed of sound cubed.
(c) Energy equals motion times the speed of light.
(d) Energy equals motion times the speed of sound squared.
3. A boy in the coffee shop makes fun of Einstein as an absent-minded professor. How does the shop owner respond?
(a) He ignores the comment.
(b) He laughs and joins in on the joke.
(c) He reproves the boy and says Einstein is the smartest man in the world.
(d) He throws the boy out of his shop.
4. According to Chapter One, what odd experience does Einstein have in Germany before he leaves?
(a) He is pursued by the media.
(b) He is first celebrated and then declared a traitor.
(c) His whole family dies of a mysterious illness.
(d) The whole country hates him.
5. On his walk at the opening of Chapter One, who does Einstein NOT greet?
(a) Another professor.
(b) A young girl.
(c) His boss.
(d) The postman.
Short Answer Questions
1. Einstein mentions that his father shows him a charm on a watch chain when he is about five. What is the charm?
2. What types of questions does Albert think about when he visits the church on his way home from school?
3. At the time this story takes place, Einstein is living in what country?
4. During Chapter Six, in which of the following cities do Einstein and his family NOT live?
5. When Einstein first lectures on his theory in the US, he comments that, "It is all very simple." How does the audience respond?
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