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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. What sort of life does Einstein believe is good for all human beings?
(a) Cluttered with stuff with which to amuse.
(b) Simple.
(c) Full of change.
(d) Intensely focused.

2. What has too much influence on public thought?
(a) The press.
(b) The educational system.
(c) The government.
(d) The church.

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

4. What does Einstein laud in "Congratulations to a Critic"?
(a) The abillity to use criticism constructively.
(b) The ability to understand without criticizing.
(c) The ability to receive criticism without sulking.
(d) The ability to think independently.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon what are Einstein's inner and outer lives based?

2. What has stood in the way of the development of technology in China and India?

3. What governing system does Einstein think is best?

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

5. What does Einstein seem to hate above all else?

(see the answer key)

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