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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 does Mileva say she misses about Switzerland during Chapter Six?
2. According to Chapter One, what odd experience does Einstein have in Germany before he leaves?
3. What reason does Albert give when asked why he doesn't ask his teachers questions?
4. In Chapter Two, the reader learns that Hermann Einstein does what for a living?
5. How does Uncle Jake feel when Albert admits how he feels about school?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Einstein sometimes called the Newton of the twentieth century?
2. The author states that relativity is not new, and she uses a train as an example. Explain this example. Why does the author use this example?
3. Describe Einstein's parents, Pauline and Hermann. What type of parents are they?
4. In Chapter Two, Pauline Einstein thinks that Albert is ill and sends him to bed early. What brings about the change in Albert's appearance, and why does his mother mistake it for illness?
5. Describe Mileva Maritsch's frustrations with her marriage to Einstein. Is it Einstein with whom she is displeased, or something else?
6. Why does the author specifically mention that Einstein answers the strange boy on the porch in German?
7. Why does Einstein change his mind about granting the boy from the porch an interview?
8. 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?
9. Why does Einstein not enjoy giving interviews?
10. Is it easy or difficult to manage a child like Albert? Explain.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the ways in which Einstein's experiences at the Polytechnic School form who he is for the rest of his life. What impact do his friends have? What impact does Mileva have? If the school is structured differently, does Einstein become a different person? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Science is a constantly changing field, as new scientists expand and improve the work of those who come before them. Discuss at least three other scientific advances besides the atom bomb that Einstein's theory enables and the scientists who buils on his work.
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