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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 Germany use to justify atrocities against the Jews?
(a) That the Jews are not a religious but rather racial group of people.
(b) That the Jews have more money than any other group in Germany and therefore must be greedy.
(c) The fact that the Jews are not native Germans.
(d) Fabricated crimes committed by the Jewish people.

2. Whose saying has greatly influenced Einstein since he was quite young?
(a) Plato.
(b) Schopenhauer.
(c) Hegel.
(d) Kant.

3. What does Infinite space mean?
(a) That space is occupied by an infinite number of atoms.
(b) That eternity and inifinite space are identical.
(c) That any number of bodies of equal size can be laid side-by-side without ever filling it.
(d) That there is no finte end to the boundaries of the Universe.

4. Who does Einstein think is partly to blame for Europe's condition?
(a) The agressiveness of its policies.
(b) The arrogance of its leaders.
(c) The United States.
(d) The indecisiveness of its leaders.

5. What will happen if the US, England, Germany, and France threaten to boycott Japan for its aggression in China?
(a) Japan will negotiate.
(b) Japan will yield.
(c) Japan will attack those countries.
(d) China will attack Europe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the starting point for the concept of space?

2. What is pacifism that fails to fight against armaments?

3. What does Einstein say the German people used to believe?

4. What do Faraday/Maxwell show exist in "free space"?

5. What is one thing Schrödinger is not able to show?

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