Mendeleev's Table

What did the boy's mother do to support the family?

• Opened a new school

• Re-opened an abandoned glassmaking factory

• Started a farm

• Became a teacher

What did the boy's mother see in him?

• A potential to be a great artist

• A keen scientific mind

• A talent for music

• A future in business

What did the boy's mother do after the factory burned down?

• Gave up on sending him to school

• Sent him to live with relatives

• Packed up his belongings and sent him away

• Opened another factory

Where did the mother and child travel after being rejected in Moscow?

• Back home

• To St. Petersburg

• To another university

• To a different country

What happened to the mother after her child was accepted into the school?

• She returned home.

• She started teaching.

• She promptly died.

• She moved to another city.

What did Mendeleev spend a great deal of time doing as a student?

• Writing books

• Traveling

• Working in laboratories

• Teaching

What had not yet been discovered, causing the period to occur every seven elements?

• Non-reactive noble gases

• Transition metals

• Lanthanides

• Actinides

What did the speaker become obsessed with?

• The perfection of the periodicity

• The discovery of new elements

• The reactivity of elements

• The atomic weight of elements

What does the text suggest about Mendeleev's confidence in his work?

• He was unsure

• He was very confident

• He was indifferent

• He was confused

What is the middle body area of the periodic table made up of?

• Noble gases

• Transition metals

• Halogens

• Alkali metals