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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Upon what do great men have little effect?
(a) The life of the common person.
(b) Religious persuasion.
(c) Political events.
(d) Art.

2. In what year is "Religion and Science: Irreconcilable?" written?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1940
(d) 1944.

3. In what way does Einstein compare Europeans to Americans?
(a) Europeans are more gullible than Americans.
(b) Europeans value family more than Americans.
(c) Europeans are more generous than Americans.
(d) He says Europeans are more pessimistic in general than Americans.

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

5. What will force even the most reactionary scientists to cooperate?
(a) Political pressure.
(b) The desire for knowledge.
(c) War.
(d) Economic pressures.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is valued more in Europe than in the United States?

2. Who does Einstein say are now the ones who advocate international thought?

3. Whose saying has greatly influenced Einstein since he was quite young?

4. "On Academic Freedom" (1931) defends whom?

5. What does Einstein laud in "Congratulations to a Critic"?

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