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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 does Einstein say about the struggle for human rights?
(a) It is illusionary.
(b) Each person has to choose his own rights.
(c) It is eternal.
(d) It is visionary.

2. 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 supervise activities rather than learning.
(c) To instill purpose in the students.
(d) To teach morals.

3. "On Academic Freedom" (1931) defends whom?
(a) Kant.
(b) Schoenberger.
(c) E. J. Gumbel.
(d) Hitler.

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

5. How does Einstein characterize the House Un-American Activities Committee?
(a) As a group of men doing a necessary cleansing.
(b) As a modern inquisitional institution.
(c) With the highest respect.
(d) As the lapdog of facism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Einstein say individuals should not be singled out and given all-encompassing admiration?

2. Who does Einstein praise for her moral qualities and hardships above her intellectual accomplishments?

3. What has science not done?

4. What is the one good thing about the fact that America has heaped so many accolades on Einstein?

5. What is one attribute of American research that is giving them an increasing edge in the development of technology over other countries?

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