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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 seem to hate above all else?
(a) Famine.
(b) War.
(c) Laziness.
(d) Intellectual vapidity.

2. How should readers approach the person in question #32?
(a) The man's works should not be read by the average person.
(b) With skepticism.
(c) With an open mind.
(d) With the idea of refuting what he writes.

3. Why does Einstein put mathematics above other sciences?
(a) Because he is in the final analysis a mathematician.
(b) Because mathematics is the only true art.
(c) Because its propositions are beyond debate and not steadily evolving.
(d) Because mathematics is pure logic.

4. What is one thing Einstein says about Zionism?
(a) That it is an evil tyranny that is as bad as the situation the Jews left.
(b) That its vision is dubious.
(c) That it must be not a political movement but a realization of the social ideal of the Bible.
(d) That it is one small step towards integration with the Arabs to share the land.

5. With what does religion deal?
(a) The need for progress.
(b) The truthof scientific theories.
(c) Everything not predetermined by heredity, sets ideals, and educates.
(d) The morality of science.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Einstein say prompts efficiency and the development of technology in the United States?

2. What is Einstein's response to the demands of the academies?

3. What is the result of the accusations by these scientific communities?

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

5. What will happen if the US, England, Germany, and France threaten to boycott Japan for its aggression in China?

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