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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Marie and Pierre believe winning the prize has made them miserable?
(a) They have to leave their homes.
(b) They get no peace.
(c) They have to move on to a new research topic.
(d) They are no longer famous.

2. What patent could the Curies obtain?
(a) The process for identifying radium.
(b) The mining of radium.
(c) The name for the treatment, radiation.
(d) The process for producing salts from radium.

3. Why doesn't Marie go with Pierre to the Royal Society?
(a) She is too pregnant.
(b) She is ill.
(c) She is not allowed.
(d) She needs to take care of her father.

4. What paid position does Marie obtain at the end of the year?
(a) Chief of laboratory work.
(b) University professor.
(c) Nobel prize lecturer.
(d) Academy of Science accountant.

5. What profession does Mrs. William Brown Meloney practice?
(a) Labroatory assistant.
(b) Scientist specializing in X-rays.
(c) Magazine editor.
(d) University professor.

6. What did Marie donate to the lab that she does not want taken?
(a) Her own sweat and tears.
(b) Her logs and notes.
(c) Her first gram of radium.
(d) Pierre's memoirs.

7. What do the doctors diagnose Pierre with?
(a) Rheumatism.
(b) Tubercularosis.
(c) Meningitis.
(d) Radiation poisoning.

8. What does Marie begin to devote her time to establish in her role as a member of the International Committee on Intellectual Co-operation?
(a) Establishing a copyright for scientists.
(b) Establishing a sharing policy among the countries.
(c) Establishing services for the poor.
(d) Establishing a series of new labs.

9. Where was Pierre headed on the morning he died?
(a) To sign papers for a new grant.
(b) To correct some proofs.
(c) To take his daughter to the doctor.
(d) To meet Marie.

10. What obscured Pierre's vision?
(a) A closed cab.
(b) A crowd.
(c) A horse.
(d) A wagon.

11. How does Jean Perrin describe Marie's ability to run the laboratory?
(a) The hardest working person he has ever known.
(b) The most patient directer he has ever known.
(c) The best director he has ever known.
(d) The most dedicated professional he has ever known.

12. What balance do the Curies find disrupted by their newfound famous status?
(a) That between work and finances.
(b) That between work and publishing.
(c) That between family and financial.
(d) That between personal life and work.

13. What do Pierre's frustrations and poor health cause Marie to do?
(a) Hire a full-time nurse.
(b) Take more time doing nothing.
(c) Flee her family.
(d) Work more intensely.

14. Which of the following characters seems to be as despotic as Marie once was?
(a) Eve.
(b) Helene.
(c) Joliot.
(d) Irene.

15. What does the celebrity status ruin for Marie causing her to become depressed?
(a) Her marriage.
(b) Her trust.
(c) Her children.
(d) Her nerves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What arouses Marie's competitive spirit?

2. What does Marie accuse herself of when in truth she simply needs to find some actual rest in her life?

3. In what year does Marie make her last trip to Poland?

4. What happened to Bronya's son?

5. Why is Marie hunted and hounded by anonymous letters and threatened with violence?

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