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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5, pp. 217-290.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would be for better than for a Jewish state to be created?
(a) For Jews and Arabs to live together peacefully.
(b) For Jews to be willing to live under Arab rule.
(c) For Jews to have their own state and government within many countries.
(d) For Jews to reassimilate peacefully into their homelands.

2. In what field do Americans fall behind their European counterparts?
(a) International politics.
(b) Armament.
(c) Charity.
(d) Research and development.

3. What does Einstein say prompts efficiency and the development of technology in the United States?
(a) The value of the individual in the United States.
(b) The intellectual prowess of Americans.
(c) The general lazy nature of Americans.
(d) The high cost of labor.

4. What three topics are addressed in Part 1?
(a) Science, religion, and relationships.
(b) Government, education and religion.
(c) Freedom, love, government.
(d) Freedom, religion, and education.

5. With the family eroding, society depends on the schools for what?
(a) To teach morals.
(b) To supervise activities rather than learning.
(c) Not to transfer a maximum quantity of knowledge to students, but to help them think and act independently.
(d) To instill purpose in the students.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Einstein think humans act and think?

2. Why does Einstein put mathematics above other sciences?

3. What does Einstein claim uncontrolled technology has created?

4. What new physical reality does Faraday introduce?

5. How does Einstein characterize the newly-formed State of Israel?

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