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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What have the churches always fought, according to Einstein?
(a) philosophy.
(b) intellectualism.
(c) science.
(d) each other .

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

3. Why are some self-professed pacifists not to be relied on in time of war according to Einstein?
(a) patriotic feelings.
(b) lack of courage.
(c) They lie.
(d) fear of punishment.

4. Who was Frauelein Knake?
(a) Einstein's niece.
(b) Katzenstein's enthusiastic fellow-worker.
(c) a patient of Katzenstein's.
(d) Katzenstein's future daughter-in-law.

5. What Irish writer did Einstein esteem for his subtle humor and knowledge of human nature?
(a) James Joyce.
(b) George Bernard Shaw.
(c) Samuel Beckett.
(d) Oscar Wilde.

6. How did Einstein plan to abolish unemployment?
(a) lower salaries.
(b) build more factories.
(c) legally reduce the number of working hours per week.
(d) invent new jobs.

7. Buddhism is an example of what kind of religious feeling according to Einstein?
(a) punitive.
(b) cosmic.
(c) anthropomorphic.
(d) fear-based.

8. What finally happens when businesses go smash?
(a) Banks become insolvent.
(b) politicians urge going into war.
(c) a depression.
(d) a recession.

9. What did Einstein feel couldn't be done by gradual steps?
(a) enlightenment.
(b) disarmament.
(c) becoming a democracy.
(d) becoming intellectually superior.

10. What does Einstein regard as contrary to justice and based on force?
(a) Fascism.
(b) class differences.
(c) nationalism.
(d) Nazism.

11. Why is limitation of armaments and rules for the conduct of war not a workable plan according to Einstein?
(a) People are war-like by nature.
(b) When life and death are at stake, rules go by the board.
(c) There is too much world competition between countries.
(d) The armament business is a big, successful business.

12. What did Einstein think should be done with patriotic women?
(a) They should be sent to the front.
(b) They should keep the home fires burning.
(c) They should work in factories.
(d) They should pray for peace.

13. What is the silently accepted motto of people having no civil courage?
(a) "Leave it alone and don't speak of it."
(b) "What's the use?"
(c) "It will be worked out somehow."
(d) "War in inevitable."

14. What is Einstein's political ideal?
(a) egalitarianism
(b) communism
(c) democracy
(d) socialism

15. How many men refusing to fight on conscientious grounds at the same moment did Einstein think would be irresistible?
(a) 75,000
(b) 60,000
(c) 100,000
(d) 50,000

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the ideals which have lighted Einstein's way and given him courage to face life cheerfully?

2. What is necessary for culture to flourish in a nation according to Einstein?

3. What philosopher said: "a man can do as he will, but not will as he will" , a saying which inspired Einstein from his youth up?

4. What did H.A. Lorentz devote himself to?

5. What did Einstein feel had to be gradually abolished as the political organization of Europe was strengthened?

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