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Ideas and Opinions | Quiz

Albert Einstein
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1)

What does Einstein claim uncontrolled technology has created? (from Part 2)

A reliance on machines that may prove society's downfall.
An abandonment of religious principles.
Massive religious unrest.
Massive unemployment.
2)

From what does the theory of relativity arise? (from Part 5, pp. 290-377)

An effort by several scientists.
Efforts to improve the turn-of-the-century foundations of physics.
Einstein's desire to prove Jewish superiority in the field of science.
The desire for an atomic bomb.
3)

Who does Einstein think is partly to blame for Europe's condition? (from Part 2)

The United States.
The arrogance of its leaders.
The indecisiveness of its leaders.
The agressiveness of its policies.
4)

According to Einstein, what provides no security to the world situation? (from Part 2)

Weapons.
Belief in God.
Prayer.
The League of Nations and Court of Arbitration.
5)

What is pacifism that fails to fight against armaments? (from Part 2)

Effective.
Wise.
Impotent.
Insane.
6)

What would be for better than for a Jewish state to be created? (from Part 3)

For Jews to reassimilate peacefully into their homelands.
For Jews and Arabs to live together peacefully.
For Jews to have their own state and government within many countries.
For Jews to be willing to live under Arab rule.
7)

What two independent and "unfusable" systems develop around the turn of the 20th century? (from Part 5, pp. 290-377)

Bohr's model and quatum theory.
Bernoulli's theorem and theory of relativity.
The theory of relativity and Adiabatic process.
The theory of relativity and the quantum theory.
8)

What are not descriptions of what is happening in time and space? (from Part 5, pp. 290-377)

The theories of relativity and gravity.
Point energy moments.
Wave fields.
Wave emissions.
9)

According to Einstein, what must Jews strive to be? (from Part 3)

Strong enough to withstand persecution.
Benevolent guardians of both Jew and Arabs.
A beacon of light to an uncivilized world.
Civilized Europeans and good citizens.
10)

Why must disarmament and joint security occur all at once or not at all? (from Part 2)

Because those countries still armed will not do what they say once others disarm.
Because peace is unenforcable if some countries are still armed.
Because as long as war is possible, everyone wants to be in a position to win.
Because someone will inevitably double cross the others.
11)

Why does Einstein put mathematics above other sciences? (from Part 5, pp. 217-290)

Because mathematics is pure logic.
Because mathematics is the only true art.
Because he is in the final analysis a mathematician.
Because its propositions are beyond debate and not steadily evolving.
12)

At the time Einstein writes "Why Do They Hate the Jews?" what percentage of the world population is Jewish? (from Part 3)

Less than one percent.
4 percent.
10 percent.
2.3 percent.
13)

Though one man choosing to be a conscientious objector would accomplish little, what would accomplish much? (from Part 2)

All the world leaders being "conscientious objectors."
Fifty thousand conscientious objectors.
Einstein is not sure.
All women asking their husbands, brothers and father to choose not to fight.
14)

Upon what is the special theory of relativity based? (from Part 5, pp. 217-290)

The constant of the speed of light.
The relative positions of space.
The way light moves through matter.
The way light moves in space.
15)

Unless all nations band together to face aggressors, what is inevitable? (from Part 2)

Capitulation of pacific nations.
Triumph of evil.
Universal domination and subjugation.
Universal anarchy and terror.
16)

What is the main theme of "To the Heroes of the Battle of the Warsaw Ghetto"? (from Part 4)

To laud those who fought in the Battle of the Warsaw Ghetto.
That heroes are the most unlikely people.
That forgiveness must be offered those who attacked the Warsaw Ghetto.
That understanding must be offered those who attacked the Warsaw Ghetto.
17)

What does the the "Riemannian curvature" do? (from Part 5, pp. 217-290)

Links the theory with the facts of astronomy.
Defines the orbit of electrons.
Shows how orbits are created.
Helps explain the shape of Earth and other planets.
18)

What is Einstein's response to the demands of the academies? (from Part 4)

That his research notes are his own.
That he will work for any country he desires.
Refusal.
To sue them for his pay and benefits.
19)

What is an attempt to make the chaotic diversity of human "sense-experience" correspond to a logically uniform system of thought? (from Part 5, pp. 290-377)

Medicine.
Science.
Quantum mechanics.
God.
20)

What is one thing Schrödinger is not able to show? (from Part 5, pp. 290-377)

How the theory of relativity relies upon the speed of light as its constant.
Associate definite motions of mass points with the waves as intended.
Why waves and points do not coincide.
How waves and particles emote consciousness.
21)

What guards Jews from social and psychological problems? (from Part 3)

A good education.
Understanding of the Talmud.
A strong family life.
The ghetto.
22)

What does Anti-Semitism means? (from Part 4)

Prejudice towards Jewish People.
Being against academic institutions.
Being for disarmament.
Prejudice towards Semite people.
23)

What do friends and foes alike say the Jews represent? (from Part 3)

A group of people united by beliefs rather than genetics.
A step forward in human evolution.
A race whose behaviors are hereditary.
The ideal to which other peoples should strive.
24)

How do the actions of the heroes of the battle of the Warsaw Ghetto help all Jewish people? (from Part 4)

They demonstrate the idea that attacking any Jew is at one's own peril.
They show that Jewish people will fight.
They are strengthening the bonds among Jews of all nations.
They demonstrate the extreme situation and it will help other nations open their borders to the Jews.
25)

What will happen if the US, England, Germany, and France threaten to boycott Japan for its aggression in China? (from Part 2)

Japan will yield.
China will attack Europe.
Japan will attack those countries.
Japan will negotiate.
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