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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 "Germany".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who, considered a heretic, does Einstein compare with Saint Francis of Assisi?
(a) Voltaire.
(b) Buddha.
(c) Confucious.
(d) Spinoza.

3. When had Einstein acquired Prussian nationality by becoming a full member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences?
(a) 1913.
(b) 1917.
(c) 1916.
(d) 1915.

4. What did Einstein feel was the greatest obstacle to world order?
(a) greed for money and power.
(b) nationalism or rather patriotism
(c) human nature.
(d) ignorance.

5. What non-political authority did the League of Nations create?
(a) The Commission for Conscientious Objection.
(b) The Commission for Disarmament.
(c) The Commission for World Peace.
(d) The Commission for Intellectual Co-operation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What accusation by the Prussian Academy of Sciences did Einstein feel was slanderous?

2. Who was Frauelein Knake?

3. When was the declaration of the Prussian Academy of Sciences against Einstein written?

4. What evoked religious notions in primitive man according to Einstein?

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

(see the answer key)

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