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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Security through superior military power is what?
(a) An illusion.
(b) A wise attempt.
(c) Ultimately beneficial.
(d) Useful to a certain point.

2. Whose work shatters the framework of classical mechanics and provides the basis for further research in physics?
(a) Frederick Grover.
(b) Max Planck.
(c) Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen.
(d) Paul Dirac.

3. How does Einstein characterize the House Un-American Activities Committee?
(a) As a modern inquisitional institution.
(b) With the highest respect.
(c) As a group of men doing a necessary cleansing.
(d) As the lapdog of facism.

4. In what way does Einstein compare Europeans to Americans?
(a) Europeans are more generous than Americans.
(b) He says Europeans are more pessimistic in general than Americans.
(c) Europeans are more gullible than Americans.
(d) Europeans value family more than Americans.

5. What happens when religious people insist the Bible is absolutely truth or when scientists render value judgments?
(a) A consensus is reached.
(b) Conflicts arise.
(c) A new field of science is born.
(d) The thesis of each side offers a synthesis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What governing system does Einstein think is best?

2. In what year is "Religion and Science: Irreconcilable?" written?

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

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

5. Why does Einstein think people should labor as little as possible to maintain life and health?

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