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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Marie's primary reason for the decision she makes in regard as to whether to go or stay?
(a) Her children.
(b) Her patriotism.
(c) Her new lab.
(d) Her dead husband.

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

3. What does Marie do in her advancing age that is similar to when she was a young child again?
(a) Plays with toys.
(b) Reads.
(c) Counts in Polish.
(d) Works in her laboratory.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What ultimately kills Pierre?

2. What news does Maire receive about her father?

3. What happens to Marie on June 25, 1903?

4. What dream does Marie also come to realize in 1925?

5. How many scientific communications do the Curies publish between 1899 and 1904?

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