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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To which famous psychologist did Einstein write?
(a) William James.
(b) Wilhelm Wundt.
(c) Carl Jung.
(d) Sigmund Freud.

2. What evoked religious notions in primitive man according to Einstein?
(a) love.
(b) superstition.
(c) want.
(d) fear.

3. What did Einstein feel would lead to unemployment?
(a) not enough labor needed for production of goods.
(b) a recession.
(c) too many people relying on welfare.
(d) a depression.

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

5. The book, WAR AGAIN TO-MORROW, which Einstein recommended, was written by whom?
(a) Heinrich Heine.
(b) Thomas Mann.
(c) Hermann Hesse.
(d) Ludwig Bauer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the fate of the human race dependent on according to Einstein?

2. Who was Frauelein Knake?

3. What did Popper-Lynkaeus feel society was responsible for?

4. What was Einstein's remedy for the stoppages in the industrial cycle?

5. What elevates a man and enriches his nature, in Einstein's opinion?

Short Essay Questions

1. What example did Einstein give for the uselessness of money in helping humanity forward?

2. What were some criticisms Einstein had about the League of Nations and the Court of Arbitration?

3. What was Einstein's opinion of political leaders and governments?

4. Describe Einstein's view of minorities; which one does he refer to at the end of Part II?

5. What were some of Einstein's opinions about George Bernard Shaw?

6. According to Einstein what united European savants and artists as late as the seventeenth century?

7. Why did Einstein feel H.A. Lorentz was the greatest and noblest man of his times?

8. What did Einstein think the true value of the human being is?

9. Define "apparent" overproduction.

10. Why did Einstein feel compelled to leave the Commission of the League of Nations?

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