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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Continuing the research themselves in their shed causes what to happen to Marie?
(a) She loses her position.
(b) Her family abandons her.
(c) Her health deteriorates.
(d) She is unable to care for Irene.

2. What does Marie maintain despite the fact that she is growing weak and aging?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Curiousity.
(c) Inhuman pace.
(d) Weariness.

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

4. Why do the Curies decide not to patent their discovery?
(a) They were refused because Marie is female.
(b) They feel it would be contrary to scientific spirit.
(c) They do not need the money.
(d) They believe that they will not earn respect.

5. What does Marie accuse herself of when in truth she simply needs to find some actual rest in her life?
(a) Losing her mind.
(b) Anger.
(c) Resolution.
(d) Stupidity.

6. What does Marie refuse?
(a) French Legion of Honor.
(b) Warsaw Prize.
(c) Home in Sceaux.
(d) Nobel Prize.

7. What does the Royal Institution want with Pierre?
(a) To head their research department.
(b) To get treatment for his illness.
(c) To teach at their institute.
(d) To give a lecture on radium.

8. What need does Marie recognize for as the war breaks out?
(a) Cancer treatment.
(b) More radium.
(c) Portable X-ray machines.
(d) More scientific research.

9. Where do the Curies go to escape the publicity?
(a) Country.
(b) America.
(c) Poland.
(d) Paris.

10. What ultimately kills Pierre?
(a) Curb.
(b) Horse hoof.
(c) Front wagon wheel.
(d) Back wagon wheel.

11. What does Marie's discovery cause to be re-examined?
(a) Laws of physics.
(b) Treatment of rheumatism.
(c) Handling of materials.
(d) Nature of the universe.

12. How old is Marie when she makes her first trip to America?
(a) 72.
(b) 54.
(c) 45.
(d) 60.

13. About how many of the "little Curies" did Marie personally create by the end of the war?
(a) 2.
(b) 2 million.
(c) 2000.
(d) 200.

14. Which of the following characters is Marie's constant companion until married?
(a) Eve.
(b) Helene.
(c) Frederic.
(d) Irene.

15. What political situation does Marie take an interest in?
(a) WWI.
(b) Revolution in Russia.
(c) WWII.
(d) Poland Revolution.

Short Answer Questions

1. What decision does Marie come to as the Germans continue to advance?

2. Why doesn't Marie go with Pierre to the Royal Society?

3. What did Marie donate to the lab that she does not want taken?

4. What balance do the Curies find disrupted by their newfound famous status?

5. What revives Marie's nature and fervor to return to work?

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