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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, pp. 1-28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the individual develop and gain significance?
(a) By clear thinking.
(b) Through participation in the human community.
(c) By diligent striving.
(d) By having good genes.

2. Upon what are Einstein's inner and outer lives based?
(a) The efforts of other men.
(b) The tenets of Christianity.
(c) The efforts towards understanding.
(d) The contemplation of infinity.

3. Of what does Einstein warn Fascist nations?
(a) Being to provencial.
(b) Seeking to dominate weaker neighbors.
(c) Seeking to overpopulate.
(d) Having too much pride in genetic heritage.

4. How does Einstein characterize the women of America?
(a) As rejecting advances.
(b) As cyphers.
(c) As a millstone around the necks of their husbands.
(d) As intellectually inferior.

5. What does Einstein laud in "Congratulations to a Critic"?
(a) The ability to think independently.
(b) The abillity to use criticism constructively.
(c) The ability to understand without criticizing.
(d) The ability to receive criticism without sulking.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what field do Americans fall behind their European counterparts?

2. What sort of life does Einstein believe is good for all human beings?

3. How does Einstein view Bertrand Russell?

4. What does Einstein say prompts efficiency and the development of technology in the United States?

5. Who does Einstein say are now the ones who advocate international thought?

(see the answer key)

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