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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Though the scientific method can teach how facts relate and condition one another, what can it not do?
(a) Determine the existence of God.
(b) Teach compassion.
(c) Deduce the goal of human aspirations.
(d) Determine absolute truth.

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

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

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

5. What does Einstein say is very detrimental to the respect for the government?
(a) Giving the vote to women.
(b) Passing unenforceable laws.
(c) Restricting voting rights.
(d) Engaging in unwinnable wars.

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

7. 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.

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

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

10. What could be organized to protect the world against nuclear power?
(a) Instilling an abhorrence of war in humankind.
(b) A defensive weapon that would render fusion or fission impossible.
(c) A strong "supranational" organization,
(d) Nothing.

11. Of what does Einstein warn Fascist nations?
(a) Seeking to overpopulate.
(b) Seeking to dominate weaker neighbors.
(c) Being to provencial.
(d) Having too much pride in genetic heritage.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Once combat starts, what is meaningless?

2. In what field do Americans fall behind their European counterparts?

3. Unless all nations band together to face aggressors, what is inevitable?

4. Why does Einstein say individuals should not be singled out and given all-encompassing admiration?

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

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