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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Manya come to the conclusion that keeping a post in Warsaw is impossible?
(a) It does not pay enough.
(b) She can not tolerate the rich.
(c) She finds no intellectual challenge.
(d) She cannot hide from the Russians.

2. What did Mademoiselle Mayer catch Manya and her friend doing that caused a great conflict between the two of them?
(a) Speaking in Polish instead of Russian.
(b) Making fun of Mademoiselle Mayer behind her back.
(c) Dancing with joy at the assassination of the Tsar.
(d) Studying subjects that were prohibited to girls.

3. What caused Pierre's career to suffer?
(a) His need to always be in control.
(b) His attraction to Marie.
(c) His idealism.
(d) His location in Paris.

4. What does Manya enter for the first time during this time period in her life?
(a) Hospital.
(b) Museum.
(c) Laboratory.
(d) School.

5. Why does Manya begin to withdraw from the performances the Polish students have?
(a) Because it is dangerous and takes away study time.
(b) Because her father told her to do that.
(c) Because she cannot participate in them.
(d) Because she enjoys entertaining with her sister.

6. Who is Manya's first romance with?
(a) A friend of her fathers.
(b) Her sister's best friend.
(c) A boy from her brother's school.
(d) Her employer's son.

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

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

9. What do the Curies have to now prove?
(a) The existence of radium.
(b) The differences between radium and polonium.
(c) The similarities between radium and polonium.
(d) The radioactivity of radium.

10. How many elements do Marie and Pierre come to realize radioactivity is concentrated in besides those already identified?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 0.

11. What does the Curies' doctor warn Marie of?
(a) Eating right.
(b) Taking more time to rest.
(c) Tubercular lesion.
(d) Baby's seizure disorder.

12. Which of the following areas best describes why Manya feels so depressed?
(a) Unfulfilled love and intellectual ambition.
(b) Unfulfilled ability to learn in Paris.
(c) Unfulfilled need to achieve personal fulfillment.
(d) Unfulfilled financial obligations.

13. What happens during Marie and Pierre's second year of marriage?
(a) She gets pregnant.
(b) He loses his job.
(c) Pierre dies.
(d) Marie graduates from school.

14. How does Manya describe her first post as governess?
(a) Tolerable.
(b) Wonderful.
(c) Hell.
(d) Inventive.

15. What has impeded the atmosphere at the schools in Poland?
(a) Unqualifed teachers.
(b) Russian control.
(c) Lack of finances.
(d) German invasion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of Manya, Aunt Lucia and Hela's favorite activities?

2. Where do the Sklodovskass now live?

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

4. Where does Manya go to escape from her troubles?

5. Why does Manya change her name to Marie?

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