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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Upon what do great men have little effect?
(a) Religious persuasion.
(b) The life of the common person.
(c) Art.
(d) Political events.

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

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

4. Though science can produce knowledge and means of action, what can it not do?
(a) Stop thinking that arises from myth.
(b) Set goals or pass value judgments.
(c) Initiate that action.
(d) Produce truth.

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

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

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

8. What does Einstein warn the Progressive Education Association?
(a) That progress without deliberation leads to becoming mired in legality.
(b) That teaching pacifism without spurning militarism is unrealistic.
(c) That progress without intention is disasterous.
(d) That education is worthless without morality.

9. What is valued more in Europe than in the United States?
(a) Competition.
(b) Tradition.
(c) Honor.
(d) Visual art and music.

10. In what year is "Religion and Science" written?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1941.
(c) 1937.
(d) 1939.

11. What is pacifism that fails to fight against armaments?
(a) Insane.
(b) Effective.
(c) Wise.
(d) Impotent.

12. How does Einstein characterize people who read only newspapers and modern literature?
(a) Undereducated.
(b) Mentally frail.
(c) Myopic and snobbish.
(d) Wise.

13. What does Einstein believe will not move humanity forward?
(a) Hate.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Technology.
(d) Industry.

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

15. Why does Einstein think people should labor as little as possible to maintain life and health?
(a) Because human relationships need as much time as possible.
(b) In order to concentrate on their intellectual and artistic powers.
(c) In order to partake in spiritual pursuits.
(d) Because that labor has no last value.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Einstein characterize pure scientific research?

2. What does Einstein say about the struggle for human rights?

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

4. Who has created the League of Nations?

5. How does a country enslave its citizens?

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