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

2. Who does Einstein say are now the ones who advocate international thought?
(a) Communists.
(b) Politicians.
(c) Intellectuals.
(d) Pseudo-artists.

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

4. How are Americans foolish?
(a) To give false assurances to their allies.
(b) To participate in a war that is not of their making.
(c) To be unconcerned with the rest of the world.
(d) To believe Hitler's promises.

5. In what way does Einstein compare Europeans to Americans?
(a) Europeans are more gullible than Americans.
(b) Europeans are more generous than Americans.
(c) He says Europeans are more pessimistic in general than Americans.
(d) Europeans value family more than Americans.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What could be organized to protect the world against nuclear power?

3. What does Einstein admire about Mahatma Ghandi?

4. What does Einstein seem to hate above all else?

5. What puzzles Einstein about one aspect of the American economy?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Einstein feel about sharing his views?

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

4. What was Einstein reflecting on in the Message in the Time-Capsule?

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

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

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

8. What kind of thinker in humanities is Einstein and how does he act about his fame?

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

10. What does Einstein say society depends upon schools to do and why do they?

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