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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) Paris
(b) Berlin
(c) Brussels
(d) London

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

3. Einstein wrote an article in honor of which birthday of Arnold Berliner's ?
(a) the eightieth
(b) the sixtieth
(c) the ninetieth
(d) the seventieth

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

5. 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 prejudice about certain people.
(c) his feeling that intellectuals were superior.
(d) his contempt for the masses.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why were the laws of Prohibition destructive laws according to Einstein?

4. Where did Einstein and his best friend hold long conversations for 10 years or more during his stay in Berlin?

5. Einstein compared the situation of the scientific world of his time to which Bible story?

(see the answer key)

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