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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 did Einstein consider would have been the repudiation of all the notions of justice and liberty for which he stood all his life?
(a) giving up his German citizenship.
(b) putting a "good word" in for the German people in 1933.
(c) disowning his Jewish heritage.
(d) becoming political since he felt politicians were corrupt.

2. The book, WAR AGAIN TO-MORROW, which Einstein recommended, was written by whom?
(a) Hermann Hesse.
(b) Thomas Mann.
(c) Ludwig Bauer.
(d) Heinrich Heine.

3. What is a chief reason we can't abolish war according to Einstein?
(a) military training and its glorification.
(b) human nature.
(c) greed for power.
(d) lack of brotherly love.

4. Einstein wrote an article in honor of which birthday of Arnold Berliner's ?
(a) the ninetieth
(b) the eightieth
(c) the seventieth
(d) the sixtieth

5. 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) an increase in sales and profits.
(d) the avoidance of a recession.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men refusing to fight on conscientious grounds at the same moment did Einstein think would be irresistible?

2. Who was the Secretary of the Prussian Academy of Sciences?

3. To whom did Einstein address a farewell letter stating he would no longer go to Geneva nor be a member of the Commission?

4. How did Einstein plan to abolish unemployment?

5. What were the names of the two secretaries of the Prussian Academy of Sciences who signed the Academy's answer to Einstein?

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