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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 "Germany".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Einstein remind himself a hundred times a day?
(a) that he is a scientist.
(b) that his inner and outer life depends on the labors of others.
(c) that he is grateful to have escaped Nazi Germany.
(d) that he is blessed to have a wonderful wife.

2. What fundamental emotion stands at the cradle of true art and true science?
(a) mystery.
(b) love.
(c) sympathy.
(d) joy.

3. What did the German scientific academies do that Einstein deplored?
(a) were too social.
(b) were too bureaucratic.
(c) wrote too many scientific treatises.
(d) stood by while German savants etc. were deprived of work.

4. What is one of the outcomes of a small overworked labor force?
(a) an increase in the salaries of the remaining workers.
(b) a fall in sales and profits
(c) the avoidance of a recession.
(d) an increase in sales and profits.

5. At the beginning of Part III Einstein compared the psychic distemper of a society with what?
(a) a rapidly-spreading epidemic.
(b) a rabid dog.
(c) the psychic distemper of an individual.
(d) an inner revolution.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Einstein want the Prussian Academy of Sciences to do with his written statement?

2. Einstein had also been a corresponding member of what other academy of Sciences?

3. At the time Einstein wrote this book which two U.S. products represented "real" overproduction, production exceeding the demand?

4. Which nation does Einstein feel helped to Balkanize Europe?

5. What did Einstein feel would lead to unemployment?

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