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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has little place in the life of America as compared with Europe, according to Einstein?

2. What did Einstein deem the most important thing in helping humanity forward?

3. Where did Einstein and his best friend hold long conversations for 10 years or more during his stay in Berlin?

4. How does Einstein view ease and happiness?

5. Einstein compared the situation of the scientific world of his time to which Bible story?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Einstein feel a country had to do in order to abolish war?

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

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

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

5. What did Einstein remind himself of a hundred times a day?

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

7. Define "apparent" overproduction.

8. Define "real" overproduction.

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

10. What did Einstein feel the chief duty of the State was?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) What was the "Conseil de recherche"? Who founded it? What was its goal?

2) Who was Arnold Berliner? Which birthday of his did Einstein honor? What did he contribute to the world?

3) Who was Popper-Lynkaeus? What did he stand for?

4) Choose two of the three topics to write on.

Essay Topic 2

1) What gave rise to religion in Einstein's opinion? Describe primitive religion.

2) What did religion evolve into? What did Einstein think about an anthropomorphic God? Who did he feel worshiped this concept of God?

3) What is cosmic religion according to Einstein? Who espoused cosmic religion? How are science and religion related, according to Einstein? Did Einstein feel he was religious?

4) Choose two of the three topics to write on.

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Essay Topic 3

1) What was Einstein's view about the Arabs and the Jews relations with them? What did he feel England's role should be?

2) Why did Einstein and the Zionists view the establishment of a Jewish state so important? What did they feel it would accomplish for the Jewish

people?

3) What were the dangers Einstein warned Jews about? How did Gentiles figure into these dangers?

4) Choose two of the three topics to write on.

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