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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, pp. 28-80.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose saying has greatly influenced Einstein since he was quite young?
(a) Schopenhauer.
(b) Hegel.
(c) Plato.
(d) Kant.

2. Of what does Einstein warn Fascist nations?
(a) Being to provencial.
(b) Having too much pride in genetic heritage.
(c) Seeking to dominate weaker neighbors.
(d) Seeking to overpopulate.

3. Whose work shatters the framework of classical mechanics and provides the basis for further research in physics?
(a) Frederick Grover.
(b) Max Planck.
(c) Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen.
(d) Paul Dirac.

4. How should readers approach the person in question #32?
(a) With skepticism.
(b) With an open mind.
(c) The man's works should not be read by the average person.
(d) With the idea of refuting what he writes.

5. Though science can produce knowledge and means of action, what can it not do?
(a) Produce truth.
(b) Initiate that action.
(c) Set goals or pass value judgments.
(d) Stop thinking that arises from myth.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Einstein characterize people who read only newspapers and modern literature?

2. What has too much influence on public thought?

3. What does Einstein need a great deal of?

4. For what do human beings have a thirst?

5. In what year is "Religion and Science: Irreconcilable?" written?

(see the answer key)

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