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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 Einstein think should be done with patriotic women?
(a) They should be sent to the front.
(b) They should keep the home fires burning.
(c) They should pray for peace.
(d) They should work in factories.

2. What has little place in the life of America as compared with Europe, according to Einstein?
(a) the visual arts and music.
(b) religion and theology.
(c) psychology and psychiatry.
(d) science and mathematics.

3. Who was the Secretary of the Prussian Academy of Sciences?
(a) Dr. Ernst Heymann.
(b) Dr. Erhardt Birn.
(c) Dr. Eckhardt Lehmann.
(d) Dr. Heinrich Edelmann.

4. To whom did Einstein write about the sacredness of the pursuit of scientific truth requesting protection of Italian scholars.
(a) Niccolo Machiavelli.
(b) Rocco, Minister of State, Rome.
(c) Mussolini.
(d) Bergoni, Italian Minister of Science.

5. With which famous French writer did Einstein compare himself with in explaining his decision not to associate with the French Manifesto against anti-Semitism?
(a) Balzac
(b) Baudelaire
(c) Zola
(d) Hugo

Short Answer Questions

1. Einstein called the League of Nations not much more than a what?

2. Why were the laws of Prohibition destructive laws according to Einstein?

3. To whom did Einstein compare conscientious objectors?

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

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

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