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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 non-political authority did the League of Nations create?
(a) The Commission for Conscientious Objection.
(b) The Commission for Intellectual Co-operation.
(c) The Commission for Disarmament.
(d) The Commission for World Peace.

2. How does Einstein feel one does the best service to his fellowmen?
(a) by giving them some elevating work to do.
(b) by sharing one's goods with them.
(c) by teaching them.
(d) by being a good example.

3. Einstein was a citizen of what country?
(a) Austria.
(b) Belgium.
(c) Switzerland.
(d) France.

4. What Irish writer did Einstein esteem for his subtle humor and knowledge of human nature?
(a) George Bernard Shaw.
(b) James Joyce.
(c) Oscar Wilde.
(d) Samuel Beckett.

5. What were the names of the two secretaries of the Prussian Academy of Sciences who signed the Academy's answer to Einstein?
(a) H. von Ficker and E. Heymann.
(b) H. von Pueschner and E. Heidegger.
(c) F. von Edelmann and E. Heinemann.
(d) H. von Hofsmannsthal and E. Lessing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Einstein's political ideal?

2. What is a chief reason we can't abolish war according to Einstein?

3. At the beginning of Part III Einstein compared the psychic distemper of a society with what?

4. What does Einstein regard as contrary to justice and based on force?

5. On what date did Einstein write an answer to the Prussian Academy's statement against him?

(see the answer key)

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