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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 "Politics and Pacifism".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Berliner wrote a textbook on which subject?
(a) mathematics.
(b) physics.
(c) biology.
(d) anthropology.

2. How many years did Einstein spend in Berlin?
(a) 18.
(b) 20.
(c) 17.
(d) 10.

3. Who, in this materialistic world, are the most profoundly religious people according to Einstein?
(a) priests and ministers.
(b) philanthropists.
(c) welfare workers.
(d) serious scientific workers.

4. What fundamental emotion stands at the cradle of true art and true science?
(a) sympathy.
(b) love.
(c) joy.
(d) mystery.

5. Why are some self-professed pacifists not to be relied on in time of war according to Einstein?
(a) lack of courage.
(b) fear of punishment.
(c) patriotic feelings.
(d) They lie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Buddhism is an example of what kind of religious feeling according to Einstein?

2. What does Einstein remind himself a hundred times a day?

3. What evoked religious notions in primitive man according to Einstein?

4. To whom shouldn't we leave the struggle against armaments and against the war spirit according to Einstein?

5. What constitutes an impotent pacifism according to Einstein?

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