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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What philosopher said: "a man can do as he will, but not will as he will" , a saying which inspired Einstein from his youth up?
(a) Schopenhauer.
(b) Kant.
(c) Heidegger.
(d) Nietzsche.

3. What are the peoples of all countries guilty of which make disarmament impossible?
(a) indifference and slackness.
(b) cowardice.
(c) stupidity.
(d) anger and greed.

4. What is the prime cause of the moral collapse of the white race according to Einstein?
(a) intolerance.
(b) compulsory military service.
(c) alcohol.
(d) greed.

5. In what European city were the Solvay Congresses held in 1909 and 1912?
(a) Paris
(b) Berlin
(c) Brussels
(d) London

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Einstein think would lead to an "international police"?

3. What was Einstein in favor of abolishing?

4. What is necessary to make the results of technical progress beneficial to all according to Einstein?

5. What Irish writer did Einstein esteem for his subtle humor and knowledge of human nature?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Einstein feel H.A. Lorentz was the greatest and noblest man of his times?

2. What two comments did Einstein make about class differences?

3. What was Einstein's opinion of political leaders and governments?

4. What did Einstein feel a country had to do in order to abolish war?

5. What was Einstein's alternative to compulsory military service and how would this be implemented?

6. According to Einstein what was religion based on for primitive man and what did it develop into?

7. According to Einstein what united European savants and artists as late as the seventeenth century?

8. What did Einstein remind himself of a hundred times a day?

9. What were some of Einstein's opinions about George Bernard Shaw?

10. What did Einstein admire about Dr. Solf?

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