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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 does quantum theory offer in the way of spatial relationships?
(a) It can determine the mathematical probabilities of finding structures at a particular spot.
(b) A way of showing the exact place of any given atom at an exact moment.
(c) Nothing.
(d) The rationale for a theory of distance.

2. What should history do?
(a) Influence the future.
(b) Teach the future.
(c) Be forgotten.
(d) Interpret the progress in civilization rather than calculating power and success.

3. With what is Judaism concerned?
(a) The proper worship of God.
(b) The return of Jews to their homeland.
(c) Moral attitudes.
(d) The hope of the afterlife.

4. In what year is "Religion and Science: Irreconcilable?" written?
(a) 1944.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1940
(d) 1948.

5. How does Einstein characterize people who read only newspapers and modern literature?
(a) Mentally frail.
(b) Undereducated.
(c) Wise.
(d) Myopic and snobbish.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Einstein characterize the House Un-American Activities Committee?

2. What does Einstein admire about Mahatma Ghandi?

3. "On Academic Freedom" (1931) defends whom?

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

5. How does Einstein characterize the first ten years of the Jewish presence in Palestine?

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