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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. In what European city were the Solvay Congresses held in 1909 and 1912?
(a) Brussels
(b) Paris
(c) London
(d) Berlin

2. What philosopher said: "a man can do as he will, but not will as he will" , a saying which inspired Einstein from his youth up?
(a) Heidegger.
(b) Nietzsche.
(c) Schopenhauer.
(d) Kant.

3. What is Einstein's political ideal?
(a) socialism
(b) communism
(c) egalitarianism
(d) democracy

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What book lay always on Einstein's table?

3. What did H.A. Lorentz devote himself to?

4. What does Einstein believe prompted the development of the superior American technical devices and work organization?

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

(see the answer key)

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