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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 Einstein say about the theory of relativity?
(a) It holds the key to understanding who God is.
(b) It is a relatively new theory that has only come into existence since the last expansion of the Universe.
(c) Until absolutely proven, it is all speculation.
(d) It is non-revolutionary and non-speculative.

2. What do the academies demand of Einstein?
(a) That he forfeits his pay and retirement.
(b) That he not work for any other country.
(c) That he gives them reserach he conducted for them.
(d) That he says something good about the German people to the rest of the world.

3. What makes life easier but also brings economic dangers that planning must address?
(a) Labor unions.
(b) Mass production.
(c) Labor laws.
(d) Science and technology.

4. How does the inertia of a given body grow?
(a) Through the exertion of the time/space continuum.
(b) As more "ponderable masses" come into proximity.
(c) With an increase in gravitational pull.
(d) By expanding beyond the known borders of the Universe.

5. What happens when religious people insist the Bible is absolutely truth or when scientists render value judgments?
(a) The thesis of each side offers a synthesis.
(b) A new field of science is born.
(c) Conflicts arise.
(d) A consensus is reached.

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides pure logical thinking what else is required to attain knowledge of the empirical world?

2. What does Einstein say is the greatest change in physics since Newton?

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

4. What impact does technological progress have on human relations?

5. What does Anti-Semitism means?

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