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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 "The Jews".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. The establishment of satisfactory relations between Jews and Arabs was whose responsibility?
(a) America's responsibility.
(b) the Jews' and Arabs' responsibility.
(c) the Middle East's responsibility.
(d) England's responsibility.

4. What was the problem forced on Einstein's Berlin surgeon friend out of the necessities of his practice?
(a) the improvement of anesthesiology.
(b) transplantation of tendons, a solution to lost muscles.
(c) maintaining harmony among the medical staff.
(d) maintaining sanitary conditions during surgery.

5. To whom shouldn't we leave the struggle against armaments and against the war spirit according to Einstein?
(a) to the youth of countries.
(b) to the Governments.
(c) to the people.
(d) to religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book lay always on Einstein's table?

2. What was one of the most important aims of the Zionist organization?

3. What famous French legal case did Einstein use to illustrate his decision not to associate with the French Manifesto against anti-Semitism?

4. What is necessary for culture to flourish in a nation according to Einstein?

5. According to Einstein from where does true scientific research draw its spiritual sustenance?

(see the answer key)

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