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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 fundamental emotion stands at the cradle of true art and true science?
(a) mystery.
(b) love.
(c) joy.
(d) sympathy.

2. What have the churches always fought, according to Einstein?
(a) intellectualism.
(b) philosophy.
(c) each other .
(d) science.

3. Tyrants of genius are succeeded by whom, in Einstein's opinion?
(a) men of democratic ideals.
(b) anarchists
(c) scoundrels.
(d) libertarians.

4. What did Berliner describe a scientific author to be a cross between in his humorous riddle?
(a) a peony and an ant.
(b) a mimosa and a porcupine.
(c) a hedgehog and a rose.
(d) a lion and a mouse.

5. What does Einstein believe prompted the development of the superior American technical devices and work organization?
(a) the high price of labor.
(b) abundance of money.
(c) superior scientists and thinkers.
(d) better education in the schools.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom did Einstein write about the sacredness of the pursuit of scientific truth requesting protection of Italian scholars.

2. What determines the true value of a human being?

3. What was the cultural flowering of the Italian Renaissance based on?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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