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

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

3. Who does Einstein say are now the ones who advocate international thought?
(a) Pseudo-artists.
(b) Intellectuals.
(c) Politicians.
(d) Communists.

4. In "Paradise Lost," what does Einstein particularly rue?
(a) That Milton did not go far enough in his epic poem.
(b) That nationalism has subverted the sharing of intellectual and artistic pursuits.
(c) That Eve is blamed for sin.
(d) That he has no artistic talents.

5. Why are Americans so far removed from the Asians and Russians?
(a) Americans are intellectually far inferior.
(b) Americans are intellectually far superior.
(c) Americans have no sense of traditions.
(d) Americans live more for the future than the present.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Einstein say prompts efficiency and the development of technology in the United States?

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

3. By what ideals has Einstein lived?

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

5. What governing system does Einstein think is best?

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