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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one attribute of American research that is giving them an increasing edge in the development of technology over other countries?

2. What will force even the most reactionary scientists to cooperate?

3. How does Einstein view Bertrand Russell?

4. What has made international peace a matter of life and death and an ethical imperative for everyone?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Einstein see Gandhi?

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

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

5. What does Einstein say to the Progressive Education Association

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

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

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

9. How does Einstein feel about sharing his views?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Einstein says that most theories in physics build a picture of complex phenomena out of materials in a relatively simple "formal scheme" using an "analytic" rather than "synthetic" method. Discuss the following:

1. Briefly explain what you think Einstein means by the above statement. Give examples from the text and/or your own knowledge.

2. What do you think is the difference between an analytic method versus a synthetic method. Give examples of each method.

3. How do you think the term "formal scheme" is used in this statement?

Essay Topic 2

In Einstein's essay, "My First Impressions of the U.S.A., he begins by talking about what he calls the "cult of individuals." Discuss the following:

1. What does Einstein mean by the phrase "cult of individuals"? Give examples.

2. Do you believe this "cult" is more or less prevalent in the United States in the first decade of the 21st century? Explain fully.

3. Discuss the pros and cons of a society based upon a "cult of individuals."

Essay Topic 3

Einstein says that the aim of the Jewish nation is to restore Jewish tradition and to live side-by-side with the Arabs. Discuss one of the following:

1. How well do you think the new Jewish nation achieves the aim to restore Jewish tradition?

2. How well do you think the new Jewish nation lives (peaceably) side by side with the Arabs?

3. Discuss the present day success of the goal stated above.

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