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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5, pp. 290-377.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Einstein need a great deal of?
(a) Social interaction.
(b) Solitude.
(c) Possessions.
(d) Comfort.

2. With the family eroding, society depends on the schools for what?
(a) Not to transfer a maximum quantity of knowledge to students, but to help them think and act independently.
(b) To supervise activities rather than learning.
(c) To instill purpose in the students.
(d) To teach morals.

3. What is one requirement for Einstein for living in a country?
(a) Military might.
(b) Military disarmament.
(c) Hope.
(d) Liberty.

4. What is the starting point for the concept of space?
(a) The interval.
(b) The omega point.
(c) The alpha point.
(d) The quark space.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How should readers approach the person in question #32?

3. What is the main theme of "To the Heroes of the Battle of the Warsaw Ghetto"?

4. In what way does Einstein compare Europeans to Americans?

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

(see the answer key)

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