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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Einstein think is partly to blame for Europe's condition?
(a) The indecisiveness of its leaders.
(b) The United States.
(c) The arrogance of its leaders.
(d) The agressiveness of its policies.

2. What is pacifism that fails to fight against armaments?
(a) Impotent.
(b) Effective.
(c) Insane.
(d) Wise.

3. How does Einstein characterize the women of America?
(a) As intellectually inferior.
(b) As cyphers.
(c) As rejecting advances.
(d) As a millstone around the necks of their husbands.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Einstein think people should labor as little as possible to maintain life and health?

2. For what do human beings have a thirst?

3. What does Einstein warn the Progressive Education Association?

4. "On Academic Freedom" (1931) defends whom?

5. What do the intellectual élite lack?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what reason does Einstein want to mobilize religious organizations?

2. What is the main theme in Paradise Lost by Einstein?

3. How does Einstein see as being the only way conscientious objection can work?

4. What is Einstein's view of the relationship between technology and employment?

5. How does Einstein feel about the League of Nations and aggressors? What does he say about the fate of the world?

6. What does Einstein say about Marie Curie upon her death?

7. How does Einstein feel about America's isolationist policy and America's role in Europe?

8. How does Einstein feel about education specialization and what does he think students should learn?

9. How does Einstein feel about America in his first trip there?

10. How does Einstein see Gandhi?

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