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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. At the time this story takes place, Einstein is living in what country?
2. The author says that Albert and Maja resemble each other strongly except for one feature. What is different about the children?
3. Einstein moves his family into a small apartment to save money, and the children wake up covered in bites. What is biting them?
4. What types of questions does Albert think about when he visits the church on his way home from school?
5. Einstein is most interested in what part of being a professor?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Do the townspeople respect Einstein at the beginning of the book?
3. Why does Einstein change his mind about granting the boy from the porch an interview?
4. Why do Michelson and Morley assume that their experiments are a failure?
5. In what ways is Elsa just what Einstein needs? Explain.
6. Why is the job at the Patent Office a good position for Einstein? Explain.
7. Why does Mileva decide not to move with her husband to Berlin?
8. 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?
9. Describe Einstein's parents, Pauline and Hermann. What type of parents are they?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
Einstein publishes several essays through the course of his life. Pick one essay and complete a detailed analysis; what does his writing tell the reader about his character? From what period in his life does the essay come, and what information or opinions does the essay contain that illustrate the time of his life?
Essay Topic 3
Not all of the results of Einstein's work are negative in the way that the atomic bomb is negative. Discuss three modern-day uses either related to or directly stemming from Einstein's work and possible future applications. Be sure to illustrate the relationship between Einstein's theory and modern theory clearly.
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