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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Einstein feel about Mileva's ambitions?
(a) He thinks she is brilliant and enjoys her company.
(b) He thinks she should focus more on housework.
(c) He thinks she is dumb and dislikes talking to her.
(d) He thinks she is beautiful and charming.

2. Chapter Five opens with Einstein presenting his paper on what?
(a) Theory of Relativity.
(b) Theory of Gravity.
(c) Theory of Space Travel.
(d) Theory of Celestial Bodies.

3. In the opening of Chapter Ten, the author mentions that the ____________ is one of the greatest honors that comes to any scientist, writer, or humanitarian.
(a) Nobel Prize.
(b) National Medal of Science.
(c) MacArthur Genius Award.
(d) International Leadership Award.

4. On the way home from the trip to Japan, Einstein cannot resist an invitation to visit what country?
(a) England.
(b) America.
(c) Portugal.
(d) Spain.

5. How does Uncle Jake feel when Albert admits how he feels about school?
(a) Secretly sympathetic.
(b) Sad.
(c) Angry.
(d) Annoyed.

Short Answer Questions

1. A boy in the coffee shop makes fun of Einstein as an absent-minded professor. How does the shop owner respond?

2. In Hitler's eyes, Einstein is guilty because he is all BUT WHICH of the following?

3. In Chapter Two, the reader learns that Hermann Einstein does what for a living?

4. Albert tells his uncle that being in school is like what?

5. What reason does the author mention for why Mileva is unhappy in her marriage?

(see the answer key)

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