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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1 "The World as I See It".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What evoked religious notions in primitive man according to Einstein?
(a) fear.
(b) want.
(c) superstition.
(d) love.

2. What have the churches always fought, according to Einstein?
(a) science.
(b) philosophy.
(c) each other .
(d) intellectualism.

3. Tyrants of genius are succeeded by whom, in Einstein's opinion?
(a) scoundrels.
(b) men of democratic ideals.
(c) libertarians.
(d) anarchists

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

5. What does Einstein believe prompted the development of the superior American technical devices and work organization?
(a) the high price of labor.
(b) superior scientists and thinkers.
(c) better education in the schools.
(d) abundance of money.

Short Answer Questions

1. The religions of civilized peoples are based primarily on what according to Einstein?

2. What, in Einstein's opinion, did the religious geniuses of all ages have in common?

3. What philosopher said: "a man can do as he will, but not will as he will" , a saying which inspired Einstein from his youth up?

4. What fundamental emotion stands at the cradle of true art and true science?

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

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