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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 impact does technological progress have on human relations?
(a) It accelerates human relations.
(b) It freezes human relations.
(c) It retards human relations.
(d) It promotes human relations.

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

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

4. What happens when religious people insist the Bible is absolutely truth or when scientists render value judgments?
(a) The thesis of each side offers a synthesis.
(b) A consensus is reached.
(c) A new field of science is born.
(d) Conflicts arise.

5. In "Paradise Lost," what does Einstein particularly rue?
(a) That Eve is blamed for sin.
(b) That he has no artistic talents.
(c) That Milton did not go far enough in his epic poem.
(d) That nationalism has subverted the sharing of intellectual and artistic pursuits.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Einstein characterize the House Un-American Activities Committee?

2. What three topics are addressed in Part 1?

3. What does Einstein say prompts efficiency and the development of technology in the United States?

4. What does Einstein warn the Progressive Education Association?

5. Who does Einstein urge to appreciate the legacy of countless generations and work to understand all nations and ages?

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