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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the Sklodovskas switch to education?
(a) Because they believe in education.
(b) Because it is the safest profession.
(c) Because estates have grown poorer.
(d) Because that is what their familes have done for years.

2. Though their life becomes dull and monotonous, what does this encourage for the family members?
(a) Desire to look for freedom.
(b) Work and study.
(c) Financial planning.
(d) Familial bonds.

3. What does Marie do with the clothes Pierre was wearing when he was killed?
(a) She cuts them into pieces for a quilt.
(b) She cleans them meticuously.
(c) She gives them to Bronya to get rid of.
(d) She cuts them up and throws them in the fire.

4. What does Pierre study at the School of Physics and Chemistry in Paris?
(a) Symmetry.
(b) Crystalline physics.
(c) Scientific scales.
(d) Idealism.

5. What research is Pierre conducting that he abandons to help Marie?
(a) Thorium resilience.
(b) Uranium conductivity.
(c) X-ray exclusions.
(d) Crystalline physics

Short Answer Questions

1. How many scientific communications do the Curies publish between 1899 and 1904?

2. Why don't the Curies buy large quantities of pitchblende?

3. What does Manya indicate she feels for the first time when her father sends her to the country as a reward?

4. What does the Curies' doctor warn Marie of?

5. What is piezoelectric quartz?

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