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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Einstein called the League of Nations not much more than a what?
(a) fiasco.
(b) meeting hall.
(c) weak attempt.
(d) pipe dream.

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

3. Which nation does Einstein feel helped to Balkanize Europe?
(a) England.
(b) America.
(c) France.
(d) Germany.

4. What pact condemned war but left the individuals of each country to the mercy of the war machine?
(a) the Kellogg Pact
(b) the Geneva Pact
(c) the Warsaw Pact.
(d) the Peace Pact.

5. What did Einstein feel had to be gradually abolished as the political organization of Europe was strengthened?
(a) dictatorships.
(b) oligarchies.
(c) tariff barriers.
(d) different currencies.

6. What fundamental emotion stands at the cradle of true art and true science?
(a) love.
(b) sympathy.
(c) mystery.
(d) joy.

7. What did Einstein feel was the main cause of the crisis the world faced?
(a) ignorance.
(b) stupidity.
(c) technical progress.
(d) human laziness.

8. To whom did Einstein address a farewell letter stating he would no longer go to Geneva nor be a member of the Commission?
(a) Dufour-Feronce, German Secretary of the League of Nations
(b) William Sands, English Secretary of the League of Nations
(c) Lucien Brun, French Secretary of the League of Nations
(d) Maurice LeGrand, Swiss Secretary of the League of Nations

9. To whom did Einstein compare conscientious objectors?
(a) eagles.
(b) heroes.
(c) religious martyrs.
(d) victims.

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

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

12. Why did the intellectually elite not have a direct influence on the history of nations according to Einstein?
(a) their snobbery
(b) their idealism
(c) their small numbers.
(d) their lack of cohesion

13. To whom did Einstein write about the sacredness of the pursuit of scientific truth requesting protection of Italian scholars.
(a) Bergoni, Italian Minister of Science.
(b) Mussolini.
(c) Niccolo Machiavelli.
(d) Rocco, Minister of State, Rome.

14. According to Einstein what function did the Commission totally abandon?
(a) helping poorer naions financially.
(b) insisting on intellectual excellence of its members.
(c) giving moral support to national minorities.
(d) arbitrating peace.

15. What did Einstein abhor as the worst outcrop of the herd nature?
(a) the military system.
(b) materialism.
(c) lack of individuality.
(d) crime.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were the laws of Prohibition destructive laws according to Einstein?

2. Who did Einstein consider the greatest and noblest man of his times?

3. What did Einstein feel was the greatest obstacle to world order?

4. What determines the true value of a human being?

5. Dr. Solf was the pillar of what college?

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