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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Einstein, what provides no security to the world situation?
(a) Weapons.
(b) Prayer.
(c) Belief in God.
(d) The League of Nations and Court of Arbitration.

2. Whose saying has greatly influenced Einstein since he was quite young?
(a) Plato.
(b) Kant.
(c) Schopenhauer.
(d) Hegel.

3. How does Einstein characterize pure scientific research?
(a) As impossible.
(b) As sacred.
(c) As tainted.
(d) As a mixture of guesswork and labwork.

4. What is the one good thing about the fact that America has heaped so many accolades on Einstein?
(a) That it may help them forgive Germany's excesses.
(b) It is a sign that materialism has not completely taken over the minds of Americans.
(c) That it is a sign that America is open minded.
(d) That it is a sign that Americans value education.

5. What does Einstein need a great deal of?
(a) Solitude.
(b) Social interaction.
(c) Comfort.
(d) Possessions.

6. In "Paradise Lost," what does Einstein particularly rue?
(a) That Milton did not go far enough in his epic poem.
(b) That Eve is blamed for sin.
(c) That nationalism has subverted the sharing of intellectual and artistic pursuits.
(d) That he has no artistic talents.

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

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

9. 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.

10. Who does Einstein praise for her moral qualities and hardships above her intellectual accomplishments?
(a) Mother Theresa.
(b) Golda Meir.
(c) Samantha Carter.
(d) Marie Curie.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of Freud's accomplishments that Einstein praises?

2. With the family eroding, society depends on the schools for what?

3. What does Einstein believe will not move humanity forward?

4. By what ideals has Einstein lived?

5. What should history do?

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