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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Berliner wrote a textbook on which subject?
(a) physics.
(b) mathematics.
(c) anthropology.
(d) biology.
2. What are the peoples of all countries guilty of which make disarmament impossible?
(a) stupidity.
(b) indifference and slackness.
(c) cowardice.
(d) anger and greed.
3. What was the cultural flowering of the Italian Renaissance based on?
(a) rich patrons who supported struggling artists.
(b) the liberation and comparative isolation of the individual.
(c) portraying the scriptures in painting and sculpture.
(d) the beauty of the Italian landscape and aid of the Pope.
4. How many men refusing to fight on conscientious grounds at the same moment did Einstein think would be irresistible?
(a) 100,000
(b) 60,000
(c) 75,000
(d) 50,000
5. What did H.A. Lorentz devote himself to?
(a) reconciliation
(b) religion
(c) research
(d) writing books
6. What is necessary to make the results of technical progress beneficial to all according to Einstein?
(a) strict laws.
(b) economic prosperity.
(c) the welfare system.
(d) regulation and organization.
7. What does Einstein remind himself a hundred times a day?
(a) that he is grateful to have escaped Nazi Germany.
(b) that he is a scientist.
(c) that his inner and outer life depends on the labors of others.
(d) that he is blessed to have a wonderful wife.
8. In what European city were the Solvay Congresses held in 1909 and 1912?
(a) Paris
(b) Brussels
(c) London
(d) Berlin
9. To whom did Einstein address a farewell letter stating he would no longer go to Geneva nor be a member of the Commission?
(a) Lucien Brun, French Secretary of the League of Nations
(b) Dufour-Feronce, German Secretary of the League of Nations
(c) William Sands, English Secretary of the League of Nations
(d) Maurice LeGrand, Swiss Secretary of the League of Nations
10. What did Einstein think should be done with patriotic women?
(a) They should work in factories.
(b) They should pray for peace.
(c) They should keep the home fires burning.
(d) They should be sent to the front.
11. What did Einstein state was the death of all sound work?
(a) bureaucracy.
(b) opportunism.
(c) greed and laziness.
(d) the gold standard.
12. What fundamental emotion stands at the cradle of true art and true science?
(a) mystery.
(b) joy.
(c) love.
(d) sympathy.
13. What will make human life intolerable according to Einstein?
(a) the development of mechanical methods of warfare.
(b) religion based on fear.
(c) economic recession.
(d) inequality of material wealth in different nations.
14. What is the prime cause of the moral collapse of the white race according to Einstein?
(a) greed.
(b) alcohol.
(c) intolerance.
(d) compulsory military service.
15. Why are some self-professed pacifists not to be relied on in time of war according to Einstein?
(a) lack of courage.
(b) They lie.
(c) fear of punishment.
(d) patriotic feelings.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was Einstein's position in a nutshell?
2. What have the churches always fought, according to Einstein?
3. What was Lorentz' "unspoken but faithfully followed advice"?
4. What philosopher said: "a man can do as he will, but not will as he will" , a saying which inspired Einstein from his youth up?
5. What is one of the outcomes of a small overworked labor force?
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