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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. Upon what are Einstein's inner and outer lives based?
(a) The tenets of Christianity.
(b) The contemplation of infinity.
(c) The efforts towards understanding.
(d) The efforts of other men.

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

3. Who is is the "noblest man of our times" and a natural leader?
(a) Mahatma Ghandi.
(b) The Dutch physicist H. A. Lorentz.
(c) The engineer Joseph Popper-Lynkaeus.
(d) J. Menniger.

4. What does Einstein value in the German system of government?
(a) Its rigidity.
(b) Its help for people in need or illness.
(c) Its structure.
(d) Its adherence to tradition.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What should history do?

2. Who does Einstein praise for her moral qualities and hardships above her intellectual accomplishments?

3. What does Einstein need a great deal of?

4. How does Einstein characterize pure scientific research?

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

(see the answer key)

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