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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5, pp. 217-290.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Einstein's response to the demands of the academies?
(a) To sue them for his pay and benefits.
(b) That his research notes are his own.
(c) Refusal.
(d) That he will work for any country he desires.

2. Whose saying has greatly influenced Einstein since he was quite young?
(a) Kant.
(b) Plato.
(c) Schopenhauer.
(d) Hegel.

3. Security through superior military power is what?
(a) An illusion.
(b) Ultimately beneficial.
(c) Useful to a certain point.
(d) A wise attempt.

4. What makes life easier but also brings economic dangers that planning must address?
(a) Labor laws.
(b) Science and technology.
(c) Mass production.
(d) Labor unions.

5. Who "frees" space from rigidity?
(a) Planck.
(b) Newton.
(c) Einstein.
(d) Reimann.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Einstein think the protest will do better without his participation?

2. What sort of life does Einstein believe is good for all human beings?

3. At the time Einstein writes "Why Do They Hate the Jews?" how many Jews are there?

4. In what decade is Einstein writing his correspondence with the science academies?

5. With the family eroding, society depends on the schools for what?

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