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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whose work shatters the framework of classical mechanics and provides the basis for further research in physics?
(a) Frederick Grover.
(b) Paul Dirac.
(c) Max Planck.
(d) Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen.

3. What has stood in the way of the development of technology in China and India?
(a) Religious intolerance.
(b) Industrial people.
(c) Dense population.
(d) Low technological ability.

4. 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 he has no artistic talents.
(d) That Milton did not go far enough in his epic poem.

5. Why are Americans so far removed from the Asians and Russians?
(a) Americans have no sense of traditions.
(b) Americans are intellectually far superior.
(c) Americans are intellectually far inferior.
(d) Americans live more for the future than the present.

6. What will happen if the US, England, Germany, and France threaten to boycott Japan for its aggression in China?
(a) Japan will attack those countries.
(b) Japan will yield.
(c) Japan will negotiate.
(d) China will attack Europe.

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

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

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

10. 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.

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

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

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

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

15. Why does Einstein think humans act and think?
(a) Because it is a compulsion built into them genetically.
(b) Because they are superior to animals.
(c) To satisfy needs and avoid pain.
(d) In order to evolve.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of life does Einstein believe is good for all human beings?

2. What impact does technological progress have on human relations?

3. Whose saying has greatly influenced Einstein since he was quite young?

4. Who does Einstein think is partly to blame for Europe's condition?

5. How does the individual develop and gain significance?

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