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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 book lay always on Einstein's table?
(a) the Bible.
(b) the Talmud.
(c) an illustrated book of Japanese wood cuts.
(d) a book of colored drawings by Japanese children.

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

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

4. What does Einstein regard as contrary to justice and based on force?
(a) nationalism.
(b) class differences.
(c) Nazism.
(d) Fascism.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Berliner wrote a textbook on which subject?

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

3. Who did Einstein consider the greatest and noblest man of his times?

4. How does Einstein view ease and happiness?

5. Who was Frauelein Knake?

(see the answer key)

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