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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What conclusion does Marie draw about the minerals she examines?

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

3. What has Marie ruled out of her life?

4. What does Marie decide to get her masters degree in?

5. What is piezoelectric quartz?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Marie now live and how does she spend her pension?

2. What killed Marie?

3. What does Marie have to do on a regular basis?

4. What does the money that Pierre receives allow Pierre to do and what does the publicity bring Marie and Pierre?

5. Where do Marie and Pierre settle after their honeymoon and how do they furnish their first home?

6. Whose research has Pierre been watching and what did that research yield?

7. What happens as Marie goes to the lab to work every morning?

8. What does Marie realize about herself in regard to her profession?

9. What causes Pierre to not get the post as a professor at the Sorbonne?

10. What are Marie's plans after she passes her examinations and how do her plans change?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what ways is her celebrity status devastating to Marie? In what ways does Marie utilize her celebrity status? Do you approve of how Marie handled her status as a celebrity? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Describe how the author's writing style helps make the most complex scientific achievements accessible to the reader. Is the description of the process an accurate representation of scientific discovery?

Essay Topic 3

What role did the Russian occupation of Poland play a role in Marie's young life? Do you think that she would have continued on with her discoveries had this oppression not existed? Why or why not?

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