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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 "Politics and Pacifism".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Einstein's closest friend during the time he spent in Berlin?
(a) Professor Katzenstein.
(b) Professor Goldsmidt.
(c) Professor Feldmeier.
(d) Professor Loewenstein.

2. How many men refusing to fight on conscientious grounds at the same moment did Einstein think would be irresistible?
(a) 75,000
(b) 100,000
(c) 50,000
(d) 60,000

3. What was the problem forced on Einstein's Berlin surgeon friend out of the necessities of his practice?
(a) maintaining sanitary conditions during surgery.
(b) the improvement of anesthesiology.
(c) maintaining harmony among the medical staff.
(d) transplantation of tendons, a solution to lost muscles.

4. What did Popper-Lynkaeus feel society was responsible for?
(a) the fate of every individual.
(b) promoting nationalism.
(c) keeping a viable, profitable economic condition.
(d) keeping crime in check.

5. What does Einstein remind himself a hundred times a day?
(a) that he is blessed to have a wonderful wife.
(b) that he is grateful to have escaped Nazi Germany.
(c) that he is a scientist.
(d) that his inner and outer life depends on the labors of others.

Short Answer Questions

1. Berliner wrote a textbook on which subject?

2. Tyrants of genius are succeeded by whom, in Einstein's opinion?

3. Why are some self-professed pacifists not to be relied on in time of war according to Einstein?

4. What have the churches always fought, according to Einstein?

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

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