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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was one of Manya's classmates brothers hanged?
(a) Refusing to follow the school mistress.
(b) Plotting against Russia.
(c) Speaking Polish.
(d) Teaching the girls forbidden things.

2. Why does Marie ignore all of her health issues?
(a) To focus only on studying.
(b) She is not speaking to her family.
(c) She cannot remember her symptoms.
(d) Because she cannot afford to treat her condition.

3. What does Marie's discovery cause to be re-examined?
(a) Treatment of rheumatism.
(b) Laws of physics.
(c) Nature of the universe.
(d) Handling of materials.

4. Why do Casimir's parents oppose the idea of marriage to Manya?
(a) Manya's family does not have enough money.
(b) They want him to marry a Russian.
(c) They think they are too young to get married.
(d) They do not want him to marry a governess.

5. When does Manya finish her secondary studies?
(a) 1883.
(b) 1880.
(c) 1890.
(d) 1885.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marie decide to get her masters degree in?

2. Where do the Sklodovskass now live?

3. What do Manya and Kazia do when they pass the monument in Saxony Square?

4. How does Manya describe her successes with the peasants?

5. What happens to Marie on June 25, 1903?

(see the answer key)

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