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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5, pp. 290-377.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why should Judaism not be called a religion?
(a) Because faith is counter to its precepts.
(b) Because it is a way of life.
(c) Because it acknowledges all paths lead to God.
(d) Because it demands no "faith"; just the sanctification of life.

2. At the time Einstein writes "Why Do They Hate the Jews?" what does Einstein say is alarming?
(a) That the Jewish population is declining.
(b) The birth rate of the Jewish people.
(c) The way the Jews refuse to fight to save themselves.
(d) The rate of newly-made refugees.

3. What do the academies demand of Einstein?
(a) That he forfeits his pay and retirement.
(b) That he says something good about the German people to the rest of the world.
(c) That he gives them reserach he conducted for them.
(d) That he not work for any other country.

4. What makes it impossible for classical mechanics and field-theory to serve as a basis for physics?
(a) Light and electricity.
(b) The attainment of cold fusion.
(c) Electrical field theory.
(d) Ions reduction.

5. Besides pure logical thinking what else is required to attain knowledge of the empirical world?
(a) Experiments.
(b) The right equipment to prove theories.
(c) Faith.
(d) Experience.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Einstein seem to hate above all else?

2. What does Einstein need a great deal of?

3. Who is is the "noblest man of our times" and a natural leader?

4. Who does Einstein urge to appreciate the legacy of countless generations and work to understand all nations and ages?

5. How does the inertia of a given body grow?

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