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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5, pp. 290-377.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "On Academic Freedom" (1931) defends whom?
(a) Hitler.
(b) Schoenberger.
(c) E. J. Gumbel.
(d) Kant.

2. Where does Einstein present "Religion and Science"?
(a) At Harvard School Physics.
(b) At MIT.
(c) At Stanford.
(d) At Princeton Theological Seminary.

3. What governing system does Einstein think is best?
(a) Democracy.
(b) Democratic monarchy.
(c) Totalitarianism.
(d) Monarchy.

4. What does Einstein need a great deal of?
(a) Possessions.
(b) Comfort.
(c) Solitude.
(d) Social interaction.

5. What makes it impossible for classical mechanics and field-theory to serve as a basis for physics?
(a) The attainment of cold fusion.
(b) Ions reduction.
(c) Light and electricity.
(d) Electrical field theory.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does a fable about a shepherd boy, a horse, and a stag relate?

2. What has made international peace a matter of life and death and an ethical imperative for everyone?

3. Why does Einstein think humans act and think?

4. What happens if there are no general laws?

5. What do Faraday/Maxwell show exist in "free space"?

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