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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5, pp. 217-290.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Einstein say prompts efficiency and the development of technology in the United States?
(a) The general lazy nature of Americans.
(b) The value of the individual in the United States.
(c) The high cost of labor.
(d) The intellectual prowess of Americans.

2. In what decade is Einstein writing his correspondence with the science academies?
(a) The 1930s.
(b) The 1940s.
(c) The 1920s.
(d) The 1950s.

3. What is the one good thing about the fact that America has heaped so many accolades on Einstein?
(a) That it is a sign that America is open minded.
(b) That it may help them forgive Germany's excesses.
(c) That it is a sign that Americans value education.
(d) It is a sign that materialism has not completely taken over the minds of Americans.

4. What is one of Freud's accomplishments that Einstein praises?
(a) His ability to arbitrate for peace.
(b) Freud's binding in the psyche of combative/destructive instincts with those of love and life.
(c) His system of dream interpretation.
(d) His desire to share openly.

5. Besides pure logical thinking what else is required to attain knowledge of the empirical world?
(a) The right equipment to prove theories.
(b) Experiments.
(c) Experience.
(d) Faith.

Short Answer Questions

1. What puzzles Einstein about one aspect of the American economy?

2. Of what does Einstein warn Fascist nations?

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

4. What is the "ether" idea invented by earlier scientists?

5. What does Infinite space mean?

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