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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 "Germany".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the time Einstein wrote this book which two U.S. products represented "real" overproduction, production exceeding the demand?
(a) appliances and paper goods
(b) milk and corn
(c) cars and wheat
(d) meat and vegetables

2. What will make human life intolerable according to Einstein?
(a) the development of mechanical methods of warfare.
(b) inequality of material wealth in different nations.
(c) economic recession.
(d) religion based on fear.

3. To which famous psychologist did Einstein write?
(a) Wilhelm Wundt.
(b) Sigmund Freud.
(c) William James.
(d) Carl Jung.

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

5. What comment did Einstein make about the letter from von Ficker of the Prussian academy to him?
(a) the letter was a complete surprise to him.
(b) the letter made saddened him.
(c) the letter made him extremely angry,
(d) the letter showed him how right he had been to resign.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Part III Einstein compared the psychic distemper of a society with what?

2. What elevates a man and enriches his nature, in Einstein's opinion?

3. Einstein compared the situation of the scientific world of his time to which Bible story?

4. With which famous French writer did Einstein compare himself with in explaining his decision not to associate with the French Manifesto against anti-Semitism?

5. What did Einstein consider would have been the repudiation of all the notions of justice and liberty for which he stood all his life?

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