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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Einstein and his best friend hold long conversations for 10 years or more during his stay in Berlin?
(a) at the university.
(b) on a yacht.
(c) in his friend's garden.
(d) in a cafe house.

2. Einstein had also been a corresponding member of what other academy of Sciences?
(a) The Austrian Academy of Science.
(b) The Bavarian Academy of Sciences.
(c) The Swiss Academy of Sciences.
(d) The French Academy of Sciences.

3. What did Einstein feel had to be gradually abolished as the political organization of Europe was strengthened?
(a) dictatorships.
(b) tariff barriers.
(c) oligarchies.
(d) different currencies.

4. When was the declaration of the Prussian Academy of Sciences against Einstein written?
(a) April 1, 1932.
(b) April 1, 1934.
(c) April 1, 1933.
(d) April 1, 1931.

5. What did Einstein feel was the greatest obstacle to world order?
(a) greed for money and power.
(b) nationalism or rather patriotism
(c) ignorance.
(d) human nature.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Einstein think would lead to an "international police"?

2. What did Einstein think should be done with patriotic women?

3. What about Einstein was in contrast to his passionate sense of social justice and social responsibility?

4. What constitutes an impotent pacifism according to Einstein?

5. What was the primary duty of a scientific academy in Einstein's opinion?

(see the answer key)

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