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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 governing system does Einstein think is best?
(a) Monarchy.
(b) Democratic monarchy.
(c) Totalitarianism.
(d) Democracy.

2. What is the one good thing about the fact that America has heaped so many accolades on Einstein?
(a) It is a sign that materialism has not completely taken over the minds of Americans.
(b) That it is a sign that America is open minded.
(c) That it is a sign that Americans value education.
(d) That it may help them forgive Germany's excesses.

3. What has too much influence on public thought?
(a) The press.
(b) The church.
(c) The government.
(d) The educational system.

4. Why does Einstein say individuals should not be singled out and given all-encompassing admiration?
(a) It will discourage true thought.
(b) It will discourage others to excel.
(c) Because there are many quiet, unobtrusive individuals as deserving as the one singled out.
(d) It will give them too high an opinion of themselves.

5. What do the intellectual élite lack?
(a) Compassion for those of lesser ilk.
(b) The ability to understand basic causes.
(c) The foresight to make practical decisions.
(d) The cohesion to attack contemporary problems.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what do human beings have a thirst?

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

3. What does Einstein value in the German system of government?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Einstein see Gandhi?

3. How does Einstein feel about sharing his views?

4. What does Einstein think of the policy of security through superior military power and what does he say this policy has done?

5. What does Einstein say about scientist and religion?

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

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

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

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

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

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