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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Einstein laud in "Congratulations to a Critic"?
(a) The ability to receive criticism without sulking.
(b) The ability to think independently.
(c) The abillity to use criticism constructively.
(d) The ability to understand without criticizing.

2. What does Einstein encourage lesser scientists to do?
(a) To work diligently even if its on a very small discovery.
(b) Not be isolationist.
(c) To work alone and not waste the time of geniuses.
(d) To help those scientist on the edge of big break throughs.

3. What will force even the most reactionary scientists to cooperate?
(a) The desire for knowledge.
(b) Economic pressures.
(c) War.
(d) Political pressure.

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

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

6. Who is is the "noblest man of our times" and a natural leader?
(a) Mahatma Ghandi.
(b) J. Menniger.
(c) The engineer Joseph Popper-Lynkaeus.
(d) The Dutch physicist H. A. Lorentz.

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

8. How could unilateral disarmament be negotiated?
(a) Through laws in a world court.
(b) Through enforcement of the League of Nations.
(c) Einstein is not certain about that point.
(d) Through arbitration.

9. What makes life easier but also brings economic dangers that planning must address?
(a) Labor laws.
(b) Labor unions.
(c) Science and technology.
(d) Mass production.

10. Once combat starts, what is meaningless?
(a) Protection for civilians.
(b) Finger pointing.
(c) A peaceful resolution.
(d) Armaments and rules for the conduct of war.

11. What puzzles Einstein about one aspect of the American economy?
(a) That the cost of labor is so high in comparison to goods produced.
(b) The fact that paper money is not backed by gold and silver.
(c) The high tariffs on foreign goods.
(d) The lack of a savings plan.

12. In what field do Americans fall behind their European counterparts?
(a) Armament.
(b) Research and development.
(c) Charity.
(d) International politics.

13. What sort of life does Einstein believe is good for all human beings?
(a) Simple.
(b) Cluttered with stuff with which to amuse.
(c) Full of change.
(d) Intensely focused.

14. What has made international peace a matter of life and death and an ethical imperative for everyone?
(a) The global market.
(b) Waning resources.
(c) Religious imperatives.
(d) Technology.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Though the scientific method can teach how facts relate and condition one another, what can it not do?

2. How does Einstein characterize the women of America?

3. What should history do?

4. What does Einstein need a great deal of?

5. Though one man choosing to be a conscientious objector would accomplish little, what would accomplish much?

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