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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. How does the individual develop and gain significance?
(a) Through participation in the human community.
(b) By having good genes.
(c) By clear thinking.
(d) By diligent striving.

2. Who does Einstein think is the man least likely to be duped by desires?
(a) Hitler.
(b) Freud.
(c) The Pope.
(d) Churchill.

3. Where does Einstein present "Religion and Science"?
(a) At MIT.
(b) At Stanford.
(c) At Harvard School Physics.
(d) At Princeton Theological Seminary.

4. What does Einstein believe about all profound scientists?
(a) That they cannot be trusted.
(b) That they are fooling not only themselves but the public.
(c) That they hold knowledge to a higher standard of verification than is necessary.
(d) That they are religious, but not religiously naïve.

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 live more for the future than the present.
(d) Americans are intellectually far inferior.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Though the scientific method can teach how facts relate and condition one another, what can it not do?

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

4. Though one man choosing to be a conscientious objector would accomplish little, what would accomplish much?

5. What does Einstein say about the League of Nations' Committee of Intellectual Cooperation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Einstein say to the Progressive Education Association

2. Give a brief statement of Einstein's definition of religion and science.

3. How does Einstein feel about sharing his views?

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

5. What's the main idea behind "Freedom?"

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

7. What does Einstein say about scientist and religion?

8. How does Einstein see Gandhi?

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

10. What was the name of the two writings by Einstein that spoke of his trip to America?

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