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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What could be organized to protect the world against nuclear power?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A defensive weapon that would render fusion or fission impossible.
(c) A strong "supranational" organization,
(d) Instilling an abhorrence of war in humankind.

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

4. Though the scientific method can teach how facts relate and condition one another, what can it not do?
(a) Determine the existence of God.
(b) Determine absolute truth.
(c) Deduce the goal of human aspirations.
(d) Teach compassion.

5. What does Einstein believe about all profound scientists?
(a) That they hold knowledge to a higher standard of verification than is necessary.
(b) That they are religious, but not religiously naïve.
(c) That they cannot be trusted.
(d) That they are fooling not only themselves but the public.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Einstein warn the Progressive Education Association?

3. Upon what do great men have little effect?

4. Into how many parts is "Religion and Science" divided?

5. What impact does technological progress have on human relations?

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