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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 "Politics and Pacifism".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Einstein state was the death of all sound work?
(a) greed and laziness.
(b) opportunism.
(c) bureaucracy.
(d) the gold standard.

2. According to Einstein what function did the Commission totally abandon?
(a) helping poorer naions financially.
(b) giving moral support to national minorities.
(c) insisting on intellectual excellence of its members.
(d) arbitrating peace.

3. What was the cultural flowering of the Italian Renaissance based on?
(a) the beauty of the Italian landscape and aid of the Pope.
(b) rich patrons who supported struggling artists.
(c) the liberation and comparative isolation of the individual.
(d) portraying the scriptures in painting and sculpture.

4. What is the fate of the human race dependent on according to Einstein?
(a) its ability to isolate its members from one another.
(b) its moral strength.
(c) its economic stability.
(d) its military power.

5. What is the silently accepted motto of people having no civil courage?
(a) "It will be worked out somehow."
(b) "What's the use?"
(c) "Leave it alone and don't speak of it."
(d) "War in inevitable."

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is limitation of armaments and rules for the conduct of war not a workable plan according to Einstein?

2. Who did Einstein consider the greatest and noblest man of his times?

3. What is Einstein's political ideal?

4. What is necessary for culture to flourish in a nation according to Einstein?

5. What was one of the propositions of the League of Nations?

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