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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. What has science not done?
(a) Given humankind a sense of purpose.
(b) Freed people from superstition.
(c) Given humankind the means to achieve an end to war.
(d) Freed people from religious heresy.

2. What makes life easier but also brings economic dangers that planning must address?
(a) Mass production.
(b) Science and technology.
(c) Labor laws.
(d) Labor unions.

3. What is one attribute of American research that is giving them an increasing edge in the development of technology over other countries?
(a) Propriety.
(b) Cooperation.
(c) Secrecy.
(d) Selfishness.

4. Once combat starts, what is meaningless?
(a) A peaceful resolution.
(b) Armaments and rules for the conduct of war.
(c) Protection for civilians.
(d) Finger pointing.

5. What sort of life does Einstein believe is good for all human beings?
(a) Full of change.
(b) Intensely focused.
(c) Cluttered with stuff with which to amuse.
(d) Simple.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will force even the most reactionary scientists to cooperate?

2. How does Einstein characterize people who read only newspapers and modern literature?

3. What has stood in the way of the development of technology in China and India?

4. Where does Einstein present "Religion and Science"?

5. What does Einstein claim uncontrolled technology has created?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Einstein say scientists and engineers should do in relationship to war?

2. What's the main idea behind "Freedom?"

3. What is Einstein's opinion about science, religion and conflict?

4. What does Einstein say about scientist and religion?

5. What was Einstein reflecting on in the Message in the Time-Capsule?

6. How does Einstein feel about the League of Nations and aggressors? What does he say about the fate of the world?

7. How does Einstein feel about America's isolationist policy and America's role in Europe?

8. In To the Schoolchildren of Japan what are Einstein's hopes for Japanese children and how does that bear out?

9. What is the main theme in Paradise Lost by Einstein?

10. In Message in the Time-Capsule what does Einstein say, tongue in cheek?

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