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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Einstein compared the situation of the scientific world of his time to which Bible story?
(a) Daniel in the Lion's Den.
(b) the Prodigal Son.
(c) the Tower of Babel.
(d) the parable of the lost sheep.

2. What was the official date of Einstein's resignation from the Prussian Academy of Sciences?
(a) March 8, 1933.
(b) March 30, 1933.
(c) March 27, 1933.
(d) March 28, 1933.

3. 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) putting a "good word" in for the German people in 1933.
(b) becoming political since he felt politicians were corrupt.
(c) disowning his Jewish heritage.
(d) giving up his German citizenship.

4. What is "apparent" overproduction?
(a) Production exceeds the demand.
(b) A mistake in the statistics of what is actually produced.
(c) Not the demand but consumers' purchasing power is lacking.
(d) A misunderstanding that the amount produced is too much.

5. Why did the intellectually elite not have a direct influence on the history of nations according to Einstein?
(a) their snobbery
(b) their idealism
(c) their small numbers.
(d) their lack of cohesion

Short Answer Questions

1. What constitutes an impotent pacifism according to Einstein?

2. Tyrants of genius are succeeded by whom, in Einstein's opinion?

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

4. What non-political authority did the League of Nations create?

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

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