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

2. Security through superior military power is what?
(a) Ultimately beneficial.
(b) Useful to a certain point.
(c) A wise attempt.
(d) An illusion.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Though science can produce knowledge and means of action, what can it not do?

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

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

4. What is pacifism that fails to fight against armaments?

5. Why are Americans so far removed from the Asians and Russians?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Einstein view the state's function and what does he define as a state slave?

2. What does Einstein talk about in The World as I See It?

3. In Message in the Time-Capsule what does Einstein say, tongue in cheek?

4. What does Einstein say scientists and engineers should do in relationship to war?

5. How does Einstein compare physicists to Alfred Nobel? What does he think they should do?

6. How does Einstein see Gandhi?

7. Why does Einstein laud engineer Joseph Popper-Lynkaeus?

8. What does Einstein say about scientist and religion?

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

10. In To the Schoolchildren of Japan what are Einstein's hopes for Japanese children and how does that bear out?

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