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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Prussian Academy of Sciences rebuke Einstein for not doing?
(a) contradicting French and Belgian newspaper reports.
(b) praising Germany.
(c) remaining a member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences.
(d) remaining a German citizen.

2. Why is limitation of armaments and rules for the conduct of war not a workable plan according to Einstein?
(a) People are war-like by nature.
(b) When life and death are at stake, rules go by the board.
(c) The armament business is a big, successful business.
(d) There is too much world competition between countries.

3. What is one of the outcomes of a small overworked labor force?
(a) an increase in the salaries of the remaining workers.
(b) an increase in sales and profits.
(c) a fall in sales and profits
(d) the avoidance of a recession.

4. In what European city were the Solvay Congresses held in 1909 and 1912?
(a) Paris
(b) Berlin
(c) London
(d) Brussels

5. What about Einstein was in contrast to his passionate sense of social justice and social responsibility?
(a) his sense of detachment and need for solitude.
(b) his prejudice about certain people.
(c) his feeling that intellectuals were superior.
(d) his contempt for the masses.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was it who spoke the following words: "It's no use, Gentlemen, science is and remains international."

2. What determines the true value of a human being?

3. What had the Prussian Academy of Sciences wanted Einstein to do?

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

5. According to Einstein what function did the Commission totally abandon?

(see the answer key)

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