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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. 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 superior.
(d) Americans are intellectually far inferior.

2. What could be organized to protect the world against nuclear power?
(a) Instilling an abhorrence of war in humankind.
(b) A defensive weapon that would render fusion or fission impossible.
(c) A strong "supranational" organization,
(d) Nothing.

3. Upon what are Einstein's inner and outer lives based?
(a) The efforts of other men.
(b) The efforts towards understanding.
(c) The contemplation of infinity.
(d) The tenets of Christianity.

4. What does Einstein believe will not move humanity forward?
(a) Hate.
(b) Technology.
(c) Industry.
(d) Wealth.

5. With the family eroding, society depends on the schools for what?
(a) Not to transfer a maximum quantity of knowledge to students, but to help them think and act independently.
(b) To teach morals.
(c) To instill purpose in the students.
(d) To supervise activities rather than learning.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Einstein need a great deal of?

3. What sort of life does Einstein believe is good for all human beings?

4. In what field do Americans fall behind their European counterparts?

5. For what do human beings have a thirst?

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