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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) in his friend's garden.
(b) at the university.
(c) in a cafe house.
(d) on a yacht.

2. What did Einstein think was the chief duty of the State?
(a) protect the individual, giving him opportunity for creative growth.
(b) to support welfare programs.
(c) to keep the economy prosperous.
(d) to enforce the law and arrest criminals.

3. Why are some self-professed pacifists not to be relied on in time of war according to Einstein?
(a) fear of punishment.
(b) lack of courage.
(c) They lie.
(d) patriotic feelings.

4. What famous French legal case did Einstein use to illustrate his decision not to associate with the French Manifesto against anti-Semitism?
(a) the Marie Antoinette case.
(b) the Dreyfus case.
(c) the Monsieur Harlecoute case.
(d) the Devil's Island case.

5. In what German city was the Bavarian Academy of Sciences located?
(a) Stuttgart.
(b) Garmish-Partenkirchen.
(c) Munich.
(d) Moosburg.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the silently accepted motto of people having no civil courage?

2. To whom shouldn't we leave the struggle against armaments and against the war spirit according to Einstein?

3. Berliner wrote a textbook on which subject?

4. What is Einstein's political ideal?

5. When had Einstein acquired Prussian nationality by becoming a full member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences?

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