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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 "Politics and Pacifism".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is necessary to make the results of technical progress beneficial to all according to Einstein?
(a) the welfare system.
(b) strict laws.
(c) regulation and organization.
(d) economic prosperity.

2. What did Einstein think was the chief duty of the State?
(a) to enforce the law and arrest criminals.
(b) to support welfare programs.
(c) to keep the economy prosperous.
(d) protect the individual, giving him opportunity for creative growth.

3. Who does Einstein consider unfortunate and almost disqualified for life?
(a) A person who is not educated.
(b) Someone who regards his and others' lives as meaningless.
(c) A person who is not inquisitive.
(d) Someone who regards himself as better than others.

4. Who, considered a heretic, does Einstein compare with Saint Francis of Assisi?
(a) Voltaire.
(b) Buddha.
(c) Confucious.
(d) Spinoza.

5. What did Einstein think would lead to an "international police"?
(a) the almagamation of mercenary armies.
(b) the despotism of one nation.
(c) the cowardice of the world's peoples.
(d) the need for subduing national unrest.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Einstein view property, outward success and luxury?

2. What was Lorentz' "unspoken but faithfully followed advice"?

3. What is the prime cause of the moral collapse of the white race according to Einstein?

4. What fundamental emotion stands at the cradle of true art and true science?

5. Buddhism is an example of what kind of religious feeling according to Einstein?

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