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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. What, in Einstein's opinion, did the religious geniuses of all ages have in common?
(a) rejection of dogma and God in man's image.
(b) martyrdom.
(c) intellectual superiority.
(d) the embracing a church or temple of some kind.

2. What did Popper-Lynkaeus feel society was responsible for?
(a) promoting nationalism.
(b) the fate of every individual.
(c) keeping crime in check.
(d) keeping a viable, profitable economic condition.

3. What about Einstein was in contrast to his passionate sense of social justice and social responsibility?
(a) his sense of detachment and need for solitude.
(b) his feeling that intellectuals were superior.
(c) his prejudice about certain people.
(d) his contempt for the masses.

4. Who was Frauelein Knake?
(a) a patient of Katzenstein's.
(b) Einstein's niece.
(c) Katzenstein's future daughter-in-law.
(d) Katzenstein's enthusiastic fellow-worker.

5. Einstein compared the situation of the scientific world of his time to which Bible story?
(a) the Prodigal Son.
(b) Daniel in the Lion's Den.
(c) the parable of the lost sheep.
(d) the Tower of Babel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has little place in the life of America as compared with Europe, according to Einstein?

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

3. What did Berliner describe a scientific author to be a cross between in his humorous riddle?

4. What did Einstein deem the most important thing in helping humanity forward?

5. Who, in this materialistic world, are the most profoundly religious people according to Einstein?

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