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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, pp. 28-80.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose saying has greatly influenced Einstein since he was quite young?
(a) Hegel.
(b) Kant.
(c) Schopenhauer.
(d) Plato.

2. How does the individual develop and gain significance?
(a) By having good genes.
(b) By diligent striving.
(c) Through participation in the human community.
(d) By clear thinking.

3. Though the scientific method can teach how facts relate and condition one another, what can it not do?
(a) Deduce the goal of human aspirations.
(b) Determine absolute truth.
(c) Determine the existence of God.
(d) Teach compassion.

4. In what year is "Religion and Science" written?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1939.

5. What does Einstein say about the struggle for human rights?
(a) Each person has to choose his own rights.
(b) It is illusionary.
(c) It is eternal.
(d) It is visionary.

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon what are Einstein's inner and outer lives based?

2. Into how many parts is "Religion and Science" divided?

3. What happens when religious people insist the Bible is absolutely truth or when scientists render value judgments?

4. Whose work shatters the framework of classical mechanics and provides the basis for further research in physics?

5. In what year is "Religion and Science: Irreconcilable?" written?

(see the answer key)

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