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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. How does Marie look back on these years with her exhaustion and chronic worry about money?
(a) The most difficult years of her life.
(b) The worst years of her life.
(c) The most perfect years of her life.
(d) The most surprising years of her life.

2. What is piezoelectric quartz?
(a) A device used for measuring small amounts of electricity.
(b) A device to turn rocks into quartz.
(c) A device used for clarifying the value of quartz crystals.
(d) A device used to define the measurements of crystals.

3. Who does Manya begin teaching?
(a) Those who wish to learn chemistry.
(b) All of the children in her neighborhood.
(c) Young polish children.
(d) Poor working women.

4. How does Manya consider herself intellectually?
(a) Superior.
(b) Average if not less.
(c) Below par.
(d) Passable.

5. What is Manya's personal ambition?
(a) To help the poor.
(b) To become a patriot.
(c) To help her sister realize her dreams.
(d) To study in Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Marie ignore all of her health issues?

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

3. What seems to be always near the surface among the Polish intelligentsia?

4. How many years younger is Manya than her classmates?

5. What patent could the Curies obtain?

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