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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What types of questions does Albert think about when he visits the church on his way home from school?
2. In Chapter Two, the reader learns that Hermann Einstein does what for a living?
3. On his walk at the opening of Chapter One, who does Einstein NOT greet?
4. Einstein's theory explains what about the sun?
5. Why does the boy from the porch think Einstein might help him?
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain Einstein's view, as stated in Chapter Seven, on how scientists should behave in the global community.
2. Why does Hermann Einstein say that an education is so important? He mentions that "a Jew needs one to get along nowadays." To what situation is Hermann referring?
3. In what ways is Elsa just what Einstein needs? Explain.
4. According to the author, why does young Einstein not fit in at his school?
5. Why do Michelson and Morley assume that their experiments are a failure?
6. Explain what happens to the group of German astronomers who plan to check Einstein's theory on light rays by observing a total eclipse.
7. Why does Einstein change his mind about granting the boy from the porch an interview?
8. Describe young Albert Einstein's feelings about school.
9. Why does Einstein get along better with his peers at the University than he does with his schoolmates previously?
10. The reader learns that Einstein's work eventually leads other scientists to create the atom bomb. Why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Einstein builds on Newton's ideas. Pick one modern-day scientist who makes a career of building on Einstein's ideas, and discuss the ways in which Einstein's theories are updated from the 20th to the 21st century.
Essay Topic 2
How does Einstein feel about his legacy as a scientist? Given all that comes from his work, is he pleased with his contribution to the world or dismayed by it? Use material from the book and knowledge of his character to support either assertion and discuss in detail Einstein's feelings about the modern applications of his theory.
Essay Topic 3
Albert Einstein is a problem student. Is he too lazy to learn, or does his school system fail him? Use supporting material from the text and discuss in detail the challenge of teaching Einstein. What other great scholars or artists are difficult students?
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