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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1 "The World as I See It".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who, considered a heretic, does Einstein compare with Saint Francis of Assisi?
(a) Buddha.
(b) Confucious.
(c) Voltaire.
(d) Spinoza.

2. To what subject did Katzenstein devote his scientific energies during the last 10 years of his life?
(a) eye surgery.
(b) the antagonism of the tissues.
(c) the transplanting of organs.
(d) performing successful appendectomies.

3. Why were the laws of Prohibition destructive laws according to Einstein?
(a) They couldn't be enforced.
(b) They were thought up by prudish ladies.
(c) They promoted crime.
(d) Some alcohol, especially wine, is healthy.

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

5. Buddhism is an example of what kind of religious feeling according to Einstein?
(a) fear-based.
(b) anthropomorphic.
(c) punitive.
(d) cosmic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Lorentz' "unspoken but faithfully followed advice"?

2. What about Einstein was in contrast to his passionate sense of social justice and social responsibility?

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

4. How did Einstein view property, outward success and luxury?

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

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