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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. "On Academic Freedom" (1931) defends whom?
(a) Schoenberger.
(b) Hitler.
(c) Kant.
(d) E. J. Gumbel.
2. What has science not done?
(a) Freed people from religious heresy.
(b) Given humankind a sense of purpose.
(c) Given humankind the means to achieve an end to war.
(d) Freed people from superstition.
3. Upon what are Einstein's inner and outer lives based?
(a) The efforts of other men.
(b) The tenets of Christianity.
(c) The contemplation of infinity.
(d) The efforts towards understanding.
4. How could unilateral disarmament be negotiated?
(a) Einstein is not certain about that point.
(b) Through enforcement of the League of Nations.
(c) Through laws in a world court.
(d) Through arbitration.
5. What has too much influence on public thought?
(a) The government.
(b) The press.
(c) The church.
(d) The educational system.
6. What does Einstein condemn in "Production and Work"?
(a) The use of manual labor when machines are available.
(b) The use of machines that eliminates so many jobs.
(c) The overproduction of goods.
(d) The unlimited freedom of the labor market's extraordinary progress in methods of production.
7. What is pacifism that fails to fight against armaments?
(a) Effective.
(b) Insane.
(c) Wise.
(d) Impotent.
8. What governing system does Einstein think is best?
(a) Monarchy.
(b) Totalitarianism.
(c) Democratic monarchy.
(d) Democracy.
9. Though one man choosing to be a conscientious objector would accomplish little, what would accomplish much?
(a) All the world leaders being "conscientious objectors."
(b) Einstein is not sure.
(c) Fifty thousand conscientious objectors.
(d) All women asking their husbands, brothers and father to choose not to fight.
10. What has stood in the way of the development of technology in China and India?
(a) Religious intolerance.
(b) Dense population.
(c) Low technological ability.
(d) Industrial people.
11. How does a country enslave its citizens?
(a) Through engendering mistrust amongst their citizens.
(b) Through economic deprivation.
(c) Through the rationing of basic necessities.
(d) Through forced military service.
12. What has made international peace a matter of life and death and an ethical imperative for everyone?
(a) Waning resources.
(b) Technology.
(c) The global market.
(d) Religious imperatives.
13. Once combat starts, what is meaningless?
(a) Finger pointing.
(b) A peaceful resolution.
(c) Armaments and rules for the conduct of war.
(d) Protection for civilians.
14. What do the intellectual élite lack?
(a) Compassion for those of lesser ilk.
(b) The foresight to make practical decisions.
(c) The ability to understand basic causes.
(d) The cohesion to attack contemporary problems.
15. Security through superior military power is what?
(a) Ultimately beneficial.
(b) A wise attempt.
(c) Useful to a certain point.
(d) An illusion.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who does Einstein say are now the ones who advocate international thought?
2. In what year is "Religion and Science: Irreconcilable?" written?
3. What is the one good thing about the fact that America has heaped so many accolades on Einstein?
4. What does Einstein say about the struggle for human rights?
5. What three topics are addressed in Part 1?
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