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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 one of the propositions of the League of Nations?
(a) to begin each League of Nations meeting with a prayer for peace.
(b) to have an international court of arbitration.
(c) to admit every country in the world to its League.
(d) to meet each year to vote on world issues.

2. Why is limitation of armaments and rules for the conduct of war not a workable plan according to Einstein?
(a) The armament business is a big, successful business.
(b) When life and death are at stake, rules go by the board.
(c) There is too much world competition between countries.
(d) People are war-like by nature.

3. Berliner wrote a textbook on which subject?
(a) mathematics.
(b) biology.
(c) anthropology.
(d) physics.

4. What did the German scientific academies do that Einstein deplored?
(a) wrote too many scientific treatises.
(b) were too bureaucratic.
(c) were too social.
(d) stood by while German savants etc. were deprived of work.

5. How does Einstein view ease and happiness?
(a) the most important things in life.
(b) not as ends in themselves.
(c) things to strive toward.
(d) things to be grateful for.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Popper-Lynkaeus feel society was responsible for?

3. What was another reason Einstein gave for not associating himself with the French Manifesto against anti-Semitism?

4. What elevates a man and enriches his nature, in Einstein's opinion?

5. How many years did Einstein spend in Berlin?

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