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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. The religions of civilized peoples are based primarily on what according to Einstein?
(a) fear.
(b) worship of a superior Being.
(c) brotherhood.
(d) morality.

2. Who does Einstein consider unfortunate and almost disqualified for life?
(a) Someone who regards himself as better than others.
(b) A person who is not educated.
(c) A person who is not inquisitive.
(d) Someone who regards his and others' lives as meaningless.

3. How does Einstein feel one does the best service to his fellowmen?
(a) by sharing one's goods with them.
(b) by giving them some elevating work to do.
(c) by being a good example.
(d) by teaching them.

4. Berliner wrote a textbook on which subject?
(a) biology.
(b) mathematics.
(c) physics.
(d) anthropology.

5. Where did Einstein and his best friend hold long conversations for 10 years or more during his stay in Berlin?
(a) on a yacht.
(b) at the university.
(c) in his friend's garden.
(d) in a cafe house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What about Einstein was in contrast to his passionate sense of social justice and social responsibility?

2. What, in Einstein's opinion, did the religious geniuses of all ages have in common?

3. Einstein wrote an article in honor of which birthday of Arnold Berliner's ?

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

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

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