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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Einstein characterize the House Un-American Activities Committee?
(a) As the lapdog of facism.
(b) With the highest respect.
(c) As a modern inquisitional institution.
(d) As a group of men doing a necessary cleansing.

2. What does Einstein claim uncontrolled technology has created?
(a) Massive unemployment.
(b) An abandonment of religious principles.
(c) Massive religious unrest.
(d) A reliance on machines that may prove society's downfall.

3. How does Einstein characterize people who read only newspapers and modern literature?
(a) Myopic and snobbish.
(b) Undereducated.
(c) Wise.
(d) Mentally frail.

4. What is pacifism that fails to fight against armaments?
(a) Effective.
(b) Wise.
(c) Impotent.
(d) Insane.

5. What does Einstein believe will not move humanity forward?
(a) Industry.
(b) Hate.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Technology.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will happen if the US, England, Germany, and France threaten to boycott Japan for its aggression in China?

2. What is valued more in Europe than in the United States?

3. What is the one good thing about the fact that America has heaped so many accolades on Einstein?

4. How does Einstein characterize pure scientific research?

5. Whose work shatters the framework of classical mechanics and provides the basis for further research in physics?

(see the answer key)

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