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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of the following, who is NOT present at Einstein's welcome to America in Chapter Eleven?
(a) John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
(b) President Taft.
(c) Mayor Walker.
(d) Dr. Butler.

2. Though he has enemies in political circles, why os Einstein is happy during Chapter Nine?
(a) He feels sure it ends soon.
(b) Common people still love him.
(c) He doesn't care about politics.
(d) World leaders appreciate his work.

3. A major event takes place in Einstein's family in Chapter Ten. What is it?
(a) Margot gets married.
(b) Hermann loses his job.
(c) Elsa becomes ill.
(d) Pauline dies.

4. Einstein learns he is awarded what distinction at the end of Chapter Nine?
(a) National Medal of Science.
(b) Nobel Prize.
(c) International Leadership Award.
(d) MacArthur Genius Award.

5. After Einstein becomes famous, the visitors coming to the house want a variety of things. Which of the following is NOT one of their demands?
(a) That he grants an interview.
(b) That he takes a better job.
(c) That he gives an autograph.
(d) That he listens to theory/invention proposals.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, Einstein finally resumes his research on what?

2. What sad event happens to the Einstein family during Chapter Thirteen?

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

4. What is Einstein's favorite part about the job at the new university as Chapter Thirteen begins?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Einstein no longer a pacifist in Chapter Fourteen?

2. Explain why Einstein, a former pacifist, agrees to speak to President Roosevelt about the creation of an atomic bomb.

3. Explain why some Japanese are insulted when Einstein speaks in that country.

4. Describe Einstein's attempts to help those less fortunate refugees in Chapter Thirteen.

5. Einstein wins a Nobel Prize for physics in 1922, but not for his theory on relativity. For what work is he given the Nobel, and why is relativity not included?

6. What does the reader learn about Einstein's tastes, based on his reaction to the quarters on the ship reserves for him?

7. What plan does Einstein think up to slow the flood of autograph requests?

8. Describe the boat incident in Chapter Thirteen, and explain what the reader learns about Einstein from this story.

9. What reason does Einstein give for wishing to cooperate particularly with American scientists?

10. With what group of critics does Einstein grow angry in Chapter Eight, and why?

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