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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How were Marie and Pierre introduced?
(a) A Polish physics professor.
(b) Pierre's family.
(c) Marie's father.
(d) Marie's sister and brother-in-law.

4. Why does Manya stay working as the governess with Casimir's family?
(a) She wants to convince them to approve of the marriage.
(b) The family asks her to stay to prevent scandal.
(c) She cannot find another job that pays as much.
(d) She cannot bear to be away from Casimir.

5. What seems to be always near the surface among the Polish intelligentsia?
(a) Suppression.
(b) Revolt.
(c) Disgust.
(d) Secrecy.

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

7. What medical condition does Marie suffer from due to her diet?
(a) Diabetes.
(b) Osteoporosis.
(c) Scurvy.
(d) Anemia.

8. How does Manya combat her discouragement?
(a) Tutoring the peasants.
(b) Doing charity work.
(c) Writing her own books.
(d) Earning more and more money.

9. What does Manya offer to God in place of her mother?
(a) Her apples.
(b) Herself.
(c) Her books.
(d) Her father.

10. Who did Monsieur Sklodovska follow in regards to his career?
(a) No one, he forged his own path.
(b) His mother.
(c) His wife.
(d) His father.

11. What is the main area that Manya has found her interest waning in since she arrived in Paris?
(a) Family relationships.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Physics.
(d) Young men.

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

13. What is Manya's dream at this time in her life?
(a) To study physics.
(b) Liberty.
(c) To become a physician.
(d) Nationhood.

14. Where does Marie feel truly in her element?
(a) Her attic apartment.
(b) With her sister and brother-in-law.
(c) Working with the peasants.
(d) Physics laboratory.

15. What profession does Bronya's husband have?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Superintendent.
(d) Scientist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is piezoelectric quartz?

2. How old is Manya at the beginning of this chapter?

3. What does Manya experience as soon as she leaves her books?

4. Why don't the Curies ask the university or French government for a grant?

5. What did Mademoiselle Mayer catch Manya and her friend doing that caused a great conflict between the two of them?

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