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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 was the primary duty of a scientific academy in Einstein's opinion?
(a) to hold regular meetings for scientists' intercommunication.
(b) to do scientific research.
(c) to encourage and protect the scientific life of a country.
(d) to publish scientific papers.

2. What will make human life intolerable according to Einstein?
(a) religion based on fear.
(b) economic recession.
(c) the development of mechanical methods of warfare.
(d) inequality of material wealth in different nations.

3. How did Einstein plan to abolish unemployment?
(a) legally reduce the number of working hours per week.
(b) invent new jobs.
(c) build more factories.
(d) lower salaries.

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

5. What finally happens when businesses go smash?
(a) a recession.
(b) politicians urge going into war.
(c) a depression.
(d) Banks become insolvent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Einstein believe prompted the development of the superior American technical devices and work organization?

2. Who was Einstein's closest friend during the time he spent in Berlin?

3. To what subject did Katzenstein devote his scientific energies during the last 10 years of his life?

4. Who does Einstein consider unfortunate and almost disqualified for life?

5. Why was the Prussian Academy of Sciences particularly upset at Einstein's statements?

(see the answer key)

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