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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, pp. 1-28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Einstein view Bertrand Russell?
(a) With contempt.
(b) Admirably.
(c) With much sceptism.
(d) With condescension.

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

3. How does Einstein characterize the women of America?
(a) As cyphers.
(b) As intellectually inferior.
(c) As rejecting advances.
(d) As a millstone around the necks of their husbands.

4. In what field do Americans fall behind their European counterparts?
(a) Charity.
(b) Armament.
(c) Research and development.
(d) International politics.

5. Why does Einstein say individuals should not be singled out and given all-encompassing admiration?
(a) It will discourage true thought.
(b) It will give them too high an opinion of themselves.
(c) It will discourage others to excel.
(d) Because there are many quiet, unobtrusive individuals as deserving as the one singled out.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Einstein need a great deal of?

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

4. Of what does Einstein warn Fascist nations?

5. In "Paradise Lost," what does Einstein particularly rue?

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