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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. What is the fate of the human race dependent on according to Einstein?
(a) its moral strength.
(b) its ability to isolate its members from one another.
(c) its economic stability.
(d) its military power.

2. Why are some self-professed pacifists not to be relied on in time of war according to Einstein?
(a) They lie.
(b) lack of courage.
(c) patriotic feelings.
(d) fear of punishment.

3. Who was Frauelein Knake?
(a) Katzenstein's enthusiastic fellow-worker.
(b) a patient of Katzenstein's.
(c) Einstein's niece.
(d) Katzenstein's future daughter-in-law.

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

5. Who was it who spoke the following words: "It's no use, Gentlemen, science is and remains international."
(a) Dr. Katzenstein.
(b) Dr. Solf.
(c) Einstein.
(d) Emil Fischer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the silently accepted motto of people having no civil courage?

2. What pact condemned war but left the individuals of each country to the mercy of the war machine?

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

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

5. At the time Einstein wrote this book which two U.S. products represented "real" overproduction, production exceeding the demand?

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