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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. The religions of civilized peoples are based primarily on what according to Einstein?
(a) worship of a superior Being.
(b) morality.
(c) fear.
(d) brotherhood.

2. Which nation had a vigorous cultural tradition producing great artists, writers etc.?
(a) Germany.
(b) England.
(c) Italy.
(d) France.

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

4. What was Lorentz' "unspoken but faithfully followed advice"?
(a) "Virtue is its own reward".
(b) "To Thine Own Self Be True".
(c) "Not mastery but service".
(d) "Survival of the Fittest".

5. What is necessary to make the results of technical progress beneficial to all according to Einstein?
(a) economic prosperity.
(b) regulation and organization.
(c) strict laws.
(d) the welfare system.

Short Answer Questions

1. The book, WAR AGAIN TO-MORROW, which Einstein recommended, was written by whom?

2. Who, considered a heretic, does Einstein compare with Saint Francis of Assisi?

3. What is one of the outcomes of a small overworked labor force?

4. What did Einstein abhor as the worst outcrop of the herd nature?

5. What does Einstein remind himself a hundred times a day?

(see the answer key)

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