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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did H.A. Lorentz devote himself to?
(a) religion
(b) writing books
(c) reconciliation
(d) research

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

5. Einstein felt himself lucky to witness the peace demonstration organized by what people?
(a) the Italian people.
(b) the French people.
(c) the Swiss people.
(d) the Flemish people.

6. What book lay always on Einstein's table?
(a) a book of colored drawings by Japanese children.
(b) an illustrated book of Japanese wood cuts.
(c) the Bible.
(d) the Talmud.

7. What has little place in the life of America as compared with Europe, according to Einstein?
(a) religion and theology.
(b) the visual arts and music.
(c) psychology and psychiatry.
(d) science and mathematics.

8. What was the cultural flowering of the Italian Renaissance based on?
(a) rich patrons who supported struggling artists.
(b) portraying the scriptures in painting and sculpture.
(c) the liberation and comparative isolation of the individual.
(d) the beauty of the Italian landscape and aid of the Pope.

9. How many years did Einstein spend in Berlin?
(a) 18.
(b) 20.
(c) 10.
(d) 17.

10. What was Einstein's remedy for the stoppages in the industrial cycle?
(a) hiring more workers.
(b) closing more factories.
(c) preventing the purchasing power of the masses from sinking.
(d) inflation.

11. What constitutes an impotent pacifism according to Einstein?
(a) A pacifism which succumbs to nationalism.
(b) A pacifism which is half-hearted.
(c) A pacifism which doesn't try to prevent nations from arming.
(d) A pacifism which is cowardly.

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

13. What about Einstein was in contrast to his passionate sense of social justice and social responsibility?
(a) his feeling that intellectuals were superior.
(b) his sense of detachment and need for solitude.
(c) his prejudice about certain people.
(d) his contempt for the masses.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Einstein feel would lead to unemployment?

2. What does Einstein remind himself a hundred times a day?

3. What is Einstein's political ideal?

4. What does Einstein believe prompted the development of the superior American technical devices and work organization?

5. Who was it who spoke the following words: "It's no use, Gentlemen, science is and remains international."

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