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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After children sing carols at the Einstein house for Christmas, what reward does he offer them?
(a) He goes with them.
(b) A few pennies.
(c) Some cookies.
(d) Math lessons.

2. During Chapter Eight, Einstein tells his wife to pack as he intends to travel to which country?
(a) France.
(b) America.
(c) Jerusalem.
(d) Sweden.

3. What universities does Einstein NOT visit on his trip in Chapter Eight?
(a) Princeton.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Cal Tech.
(d) Columbia.

4. Why does Einstein agree to write to the President to discuss the atomic bomb?
(a) He doesn't think it can be done anyway.
(b) He can't refuse to help his friends.
(c) He knows the Nazis eventually build an atom bomb.
(d) He hopes to be rewarded by the President.

5. The President of Columbia University, in his introduction, says that Dr. Einstein gives the world...?
(a) "a grand new future."
(b) "an intellectual lighthouse."
(c) "a way to build weapons."
(d) "nothing special."

6. The Commission for the Co-operation of Intellectuals is a part of which world organization?
(a) The United Nations.
(b) The G20.
(c) The Security Council.
(d) The League of Nations.

7. Einstein resigns from the Commission for the Co-operation of Intellectuals after a year because he realizes what about the organization?
(a) They are only interested in making money.
(b) They are only interested in stopping Communism.
(c) They are only interesting in the smaller countries.
(d) They are only interested in helping the powerful members.

8. During the racial purge of German Universities, which of the following groups are NOT fired?
(a) Freemasons.
(b) Those married to Jewish women.
(c) Pacifists.
(d) Older professors.

9. Elsa Einstein notes in an interview that "To be the wife of this man..."
(a) "is absolutely wonderful."
(b) "is very entertaining."
(c) "is very difficult."
(d) "is a huge nuisance."

10. Einstein is very happy to travel to California as Chapter Eleven begins because he gets to meet ______________, one of his early inspirations.
(a) Copernicus.
(b) Madame Curie.
(c) Michelson.
(d) Morley.

11. In what year does Einstein die?
(a) 1922.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1955.

12. What is Einstein's favorite part about the job at the new university as Chapter Thirteen begins?
(a) He has a better house.
(b) He makes more money.
(c) It is informal.
(d) It is a bigger school.

13. One of the people who attends Einstein's lecture in Paris is _____.
(a) Rosalind Franklin.
(b) Virginia Apgar.
(c) Madame Curie.
(d) Rachel Carson.

14. Einstein's peers feel he has what attitude toward his country during Chapter Nine?
(a) Patriotic.
(b) Hateful.
(c) Smug.
(d) Unpatriotic.

15. In Chapter Fourteen, some of Einstein's colleagues ask him to set up a meeting with ________ to discuss their work on the atom bomb.
(a) President Taft.
(b) President Truman.
(c) President Hoover.
(d) President Roosevelt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of the following, who is NOT present at Einstein's welcome to America in Chapter Eleven?

2. Why is Einstein disgusted with his quarters on the ship for America?

3. In what area does Mrs. Einstein excel?

4. The Einsteins leave the children at home in Chapter Nine in order to take a trip through what region?

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

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