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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Einstein say about the struggle for human rights?
(a) It is illusionary.
(b) It is visionary.
(c) It is eternal.
(d) Each person has to choose his own rights.

3. Why must disarmament and joint security occur all at once or not at all?
(a) Because peace is unenforcable if some countries are still armed.
(b) Because someone will inevitably double cross the others.
(c) Because as long as war is possible, everyone wants to be in a position to win.
(d) Because those countries still armed will not do what they say once others disarm.

4. How does the individual develop and gain significance?
(a) By diligent striving.
(b) By having good genes.
(c) Through participation in the human community.
(d) By clear thinking.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What has made international peace a matter of life and death and an ethical imperative for everyone?

3. What will happen if the US, England, Germany, and France threaten to boycott Japan for its aggression in China?

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

5. Who does Einstein think is partly to blame for Europe's condition?

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