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

2. How does Einstein characterize pure scientific research?
(a) As tainted.
(b) As a mixture of guesswork and labwork.
(c) As sacred.
(d) As impossible.

3. 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.

4. Whose work shatters the framework of classical mechanics and provides the basis for further research in physics?
(a) Max Planck.
(b) Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen.
(c) Paul Dirac.
(d) Frederick Grover.

5. What puzzles Einstein about one aspect of the American economy?
(a) The high tariffs on foreign goods.
(b) The lack of a savings plan.
(c) The fact that paper money is not backed by gold and silver.
(d) That the cost of labor is so high in comparison to goods produced.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year is "Religion and Science: Irreconcilable?" written?

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

3. What governing system does Einstein think is best?

4. What happens when religious people insist the Bible is absolutely truth or when scientists render value judgments?

5. Why are Americans so far removed from the Asians and Russians?

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