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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, pp. 28-80.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. By what ideals has Einstein lived?
(a) Truth, industry and happiness.
(b) Beauty, happiness and curiousity.
(c) Kindness, beauty and truth.
(d) Happiness, honor and comfort.

4. With the family eroding, society depends on the schools for what?
(a) To supervise activities rather than learning.
(b) To teach morals.
(c) Not to transfer a maximum quantity of knowledge to students, but to help them think and act independently.
(d) To instill purpose in the students.

5. What is one attribute of American research that is giving them an increasing edge in the development of technology over other countries?
(a) Selfishness.
(b) Secrecy.
(c) Cooperation.
(d) Propriety.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Einstein admire about Mahatma Ghandi?

3. What happens when religious people insist the Bible is absolutely truth or when scientists render value judgments?

4. What sort of life does Einstein believe is good for all human beings?

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

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