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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Einstein compared the situation of the scientific world of his time to which Bible story?
(a) the Tower of Babel.
(b) the Prodigal Son.
(c) the parable of the lost sheep.
(d) Daniel in the Lion's Den.

2. What did Popper-Lynkaeus feel society was responsible for?
(a) promoting nationalism.
(b) keeping crime in check.
(c) keeping a viable, profitable economic condition.
(d) the fate of every individual.

3. What was Einstein's remedy for the stoppages in the industrial cycle?
(a) hiring more workers.
(b) preventing the purchasing power of the masses from sinking.
(c) inflation.
(d) closing more factories.

4. What did H.A. Lorentz devote himself to?
(a) writing books
(b) religion
(c) reconciliation
(d) research

5. What did Einstein feel was the main cause of the crisis the world faced?
(a) technical progress.
(b) ignorance.
(c) human laziness.
(d) stupidity.

6. What did Einstein feel had to be gradually abolished as the political organization of Europe was strengthened?
(a) different currencies.
(b) tariff barriers.
(c) dictatorships.
(d) oligarchies.

7. Where did Einstein and his best friend hold long conversations for 10 years or more during his stay in Berlin?
(a) on a yacht.
(b) in his friend's garden.
(c) in a cafe house.
(d) at the university.

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

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

10. What is "apparent" overproduction?
(a) Production exceeds the demand.
(b) Not the demand but consumers' purchasing power is lacking.
(c) A misunderstanding that the amount produced is too much.
(d) A mistake in the statistics of what is actually produced.

11. What was the cultural flowering of the Italian Renaissance based on?
(a) the liberation and comparative isolation of the individual.
(b) rich patrons who supported struggling artists.
(c) the beauty of the Italian landscape and aid of the Pope.
(d) portraying the scriptures in painting and sculpture.

12. To whom did Einstein address a farewell letter stating he would no longer go to Geneva nor be a member of the Commission?
(a) William Sands, English Secretary of the League of Nations
(b) Lucien Brun, French Secretary of the League of Nations
(c) Maurice LeGrand, Swiss Secretary of the League of Nations
(d) Dufour-Feronce, German Secretary of the League of Nations

13. What fundamental emotion stands at the cradle of true art and true science?
(a) love.
(b) joy.
(c) sympathy.
(d) mystery.

14. The book, WAR AGAIN TO-MORROW, which Einstein recommended, was written by whom?
(a) Heinrich Heine.
(b) Thomas Mann.
(c) Ludwig Bauer.
(d) Hermann Hesse.

15. What determines the true value of a human being?
(a) to what extent he has attained liberation from the self.
(b) how much intellectual knowledge he has attained.
(c) how much charitable work he has done.
(d) how happy and contented he is.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Einstein view property, outward success and luxury?

2. Who, in this materialistic world, are the most profoundly religious people according to Einstein?

3. What does Einstein remind himself a hundred times a day?

4. Who prevents the peaceful settlement of international disputes according to Einstein?

5. What finally happens when businesses go smash?

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