Ideas and Opinions Test | Final Test - Medium

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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. At the time Einstein writes "Why Do They Hate the Jews?" what does Einstein say is alarming?
(a) The way the Jews refuse to fight to save themselves.
(b) The birth rate of the Jewish people.
(c) That the Jewish population is declining.
(d) The rate of newly-made refugees.

2. What is as rigid and absolute as Newton's space?
(a) The idea of ionic space.
(b) The idea of non-space.
(c) The theroy of relativity.
(d) The theory of constants.

3. Neither intelligence nor institutions can substitute for what?
(a) A life that is safe.
(b) Understanding, justice, and willingness to help others.
(c) A new homeland for the Jews.
(d) Military aid to save the Jews.

4. How would you characterize Einstein's beliefs in this section of the book?
(a) Harsh.
(b) Uncertain.
(c) Intimidating
(d) Strong and unwavering.

5. What does Inertia cause?
(a) Lassitude.
(b) A tendency to move faster once propeled.
(c) A slow-down in electron movement the closer one is to the gravitation pull of the sun.
(d) Circulation to be greatest just beyond the place of greatest curvature.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the third requirement for living in a country?

2. What correspondence does Einstein present in this part?

3. What is Einstein's response to the demands of the academies?

4. What do friends and foes alike say the Jews represent?

5. At the time Einstein writes "Why Do They Hate the Jews?" how many Jews are there?

Short Essay Questions

1. Einstein says Kepler and Galileo "ripened" mankind for science. How did they do that?

2. What supports a finite universe and who doubts that?

3. Why did Einstein put mathematics above other sciences?

4. What does Einstein Jews have been in the past two thousand years and what did they lack? What are they trying to establish now?

5. What does he say about what he has always fought for?

6. What are volunteers doing in Israel during Einstein's time?

7. What does Einstein say about the Jews who died in the Warsaw Ghetto battles?

8. What do the academies say about their loyalties and how do they feel about his resignation?

9. Why does he say the protest might be better without him?

10. What do the Academies demand that Einstein deplores?

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