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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. What is the one good thing about the fact that America has heaped so many accolades on Einstein?
(a) That it may help them forgive Germany's excesses.
(b) That it is a sign that America is open minded.
(c) That it is a sign that Americans value education.
(d) It is a sign that materialism has not completely taken over the minds of Americans.

2. Who does Einstein urge to appreciate the legacy of countless generations and work to understand all nations and ages?
(a) Elderly politicians.
(b) Unhappy youth.
(c) Those who would go to war.
(d) Happy youth.

3. Why are Americans so far removed from the Asians and Russians?
(a) Americans have no sense of traditions.
(b) Americans live more for the future than the present.
(c) Americans are intellectually far inferior.
(d) Americans are intellectually far superior.

4. Why does Einstein say individuals should not be singled out and given all-encompassing admiration?
(a) It will discourage true thought.
(b) It will give them too high an opinion of themselves.
(c) It will discourage others to excel.
(d) Because there are many quiet, unobtrusive individuals as deserving as the one singled out.

5. Though the scientific method can teach how facts relate and condition one another, what can it not do?
(a) Teach compassion.
(b) Determine the existence of God.
(c) Deduce the goal of human aspirations.
(d) Determine absolute truth.

Short Answer Questions

1. With the family eroding, society depends on the schools for what?

2. How does the individual develop and gain significance?

3. Why does Einstein think people should labor as little as possible to maintain life and health?

4. By what ideals has Einstein lived?

5. How should readers approach the person in question #32?

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