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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 Inertia cause?
(a) Lassitude.
(b) Circulation to be greatest just beyond the place of greatest curvature.
(c) A slow-down in electron movement the closer one is to the gravitation pull of the sun.
(d) A tendency to move faster once propeled.

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

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

4. What will force even the most reactionary scientists to cooperate?
(a) War.
(b) The desire for knowledge.
(c) Economic pressures.
(d) Political pressure.

5. Who does Einstein urge to appreciate the legacy of countless generations and work to understand all nations and ages?
(a) Elderly politicians.
(b) Those who would go to war.
(c) Unhappy youth.
(d) Happy youth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are elite volunteers doing?

2. What do the intellectual élite lack?

3. How would you characterize Einstein's beliefs in this section of the book?

4. Who has created the League of Nations?

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

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