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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Einstein characterize the women of America?
(a) As cyphers.
(b) As rejecting advances.
(c) As intellectually inferior.
(d) As a millstone around the necks of their husbands.

2. What does Einstein say about the League of Nations' Committee of Intellectual Cooperation?
(a) It may eventually prove to be valuable.
(b) It is full of hot air.
(c) It at least embodies the principle that "something must be done."
(d) Its members are facists at best.

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

4. What has science not done?
(a) Given humankind a sense of purpose.
(b) Freed people from religious heresy.
(c) Freed people from superstition.
(d) Given humankind the means to achieve an end to war.

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

6. Who does Einstein think is partly to blame for Europe's condition?
(a) The United States.
(b) The arrogance of its leaders.
(c) The agressiveness of its policies.
(d) The indecisiveness of its leaders.

7. Who does Einstein say are now the ones who advocate international thought?
(a) Pseudo-artists.
(b) Politicians.
(c) Intellectuals.
(d) Communists.

8. With what does religion deal?
(a) Everything not predetermined by heredity, sets ideals, and educates.
(b) The need for progress.
(c) The morality of science.
(d) The truthof scientific theories.

9. Who has created the League of Nations?
(a) Intellectuals.
(b) The common people.
(c) Politicians.
(d) Communits.

10. 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) Instilling an abhorrence of war in humankind.
(d) A strong "supranational" organization,

11. When are people happiest?
(a) When making a contribution to self enlightenment.
(b) When pursuing what interests them.
(c) When launching an enterprise promoting life and culture.
(d) When in an accepting community.

12. What should history do?
(a) Be forgotten.
(b) Teach the future.
(c) Influence the future.
(d) Interpret the progress in civilization rather than calculating power and success.

13. What does Einstein seem to hate above all else?
(a) Famine.
(b) War.
(c) Laziness.
(d) Intellectual vapidity.

14. How does Einstein view Bertrand Russell?
(a) With much sceptism.
(b) With condescension.
(c) With contempt.
(d) Admirably.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Einstein, what provides no security to the world situation?

2. What has stood in the way of the development of technology in China and India?

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

4. What do the intellectual élite lack?

5. How does Einstein characterize pure scientific research?

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