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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes Manya to experience her first revolt against the church?
(a) Reading her books.
(b) Her mother's death.
(c) Her father's loss of job and wages.
(d) The Russian imposition.

2. What does the visit from the inspector make Manya more aware of?
(a) Her personal troubles.
(b) Her lack of personal strength.
(c) Her desire to find a new book.
(d) Her need to flee Poland.

3. How do her employers treat Manya?
(a) With great respect.
(b) Kindly.
(c) Abusively.
(d) Unkindly.

4. Where do the Sklodovskass now live?
(a) A tranquil courtyard.
(b) A train station.
(c) A small house on campus.
(d) A homeless shelter.

5. Where does Manya find her own friends?
(a) Russian immigrants in Paris.
(b) Her sister's friends.
(c) Other Polish students in the Latin Quarter.
(d) The peasants of the city.

Short Answer Questions

1. What religion does Manya practice?

2. Why was one of Manya's classmates brothers hanged?

3. What does Manya find herself ecstatic with even though she has holes in her math and physics skills?

4. What does Manya find the discussion at her employers' home to be filled with?

5. What is Manya's personal ambition?

(see the answer key)

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