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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. How does Einstein feel about Mileva's ambitions?

2. Mrs. Einstein worries that her son has difficulty in school. What reason does she NOT mention for being worried?

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

4. Shortly after the Einstein family relocates to Prague, Einstein is offered a full professorship where?

5. The author says that Albert and Maja resemble each other strongly except for one feature. What is different about the children?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Einstein's theory of relativity have to do with Michelson and Morley's experiment?

2. According to the author, how is the relationship between Einstein and Mileva during and after their divorce?

3. Based on Einstein's dialogue with community members, what type of person does he seem to be in Chapter One?

4. Explain Einstein's view, as stated in Chapter Seven, on how scientists should behave in the global community.

5. What does the reader learn about Albert from his questions about his father's compass?

6. Describe Mileva Maritsch.

7. Is it easy or difficult to manage a child like Albert? Explain.

8. Why is young Einstein disgusted with his music teacher? Explain.

9. Why do Michelson and Morley assume that their experiments are a failure?

10. Explain what happens to the group of German astronomers who plan to check Einstein's theory on light rays by observing a total eclipse.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Einstein's changing relationship with his religion, from his attitude toward it as a child through young adulthood and finally to old age. In what ways does religion influence him through his life, if at all? How does he reconcile faith with science?

Essay Topic 2

What impact does Einstein's theory have in areas other than science? What philosophers use his work, and for what purposes?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Einstein's relationship with Germany from his early days as a professor to his final days in America. How does the relationship change? How do the attitudes of the common people change? Is Einstein responsible in any way for his status, or is he purely a victim of circumstance?

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