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

2. What puzzles Einstein about one aspect of the American economy?
(a) That the cost of labor is so high in comparison to goods produced.
(b) The fact that paper money is not backed by gold and silver.
(c) The high tariffs on foreign goods.
(d) The lack of a savings plan.

3. What has stood in the way of the development of technology in China and India?
(a) Religious intolerance.
(b) Industrial people.
(c) Dense population.
(d) Low technological ability.

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

5. For what do human beings have a thirst?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Deliberate action.
(c) Assured knowledge.
(d) Absolute conviction.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Einstein laud in "Congratulations to a Critic"?

3. By what ideals has Einstein lived?

4. What does Einstein say is very detrimental to the respect for the government?

5. Who does Einstein say are now the ones who advocate international thought?

(see the answer key)

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