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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of Part III Einstein stated that hoped the principles of what great Germans would again prevail in Germany sometime in the future?
(a) Lessing and Thomas Mann.
(b) Hegel and Heine.
(c) Schiller and Schopenhauer.
(d) Kant and Goethe.

2. What is a particularly characteristic feature of the Jewish tradition brought about by the hallowing of the supra-individual life?
(a) a reverence for Orthodox Judaism.
(b) a reverence for everything spiritual.
(c) a reverence for one's Jewish ancestors.
(d) a reverence for rabbis.

3. What was needed in order to preserve Jewish solidarity?
(a) a spiritual center.
(b) the brotherhood of Jews.
(c) hope and faith.
(d) hard work.

4. With whom was Einstein staying when the Prussian Academy wrote to Einstein on April 7, 1933?
(a) Professor Liebenmilch.
(b) Professor Ehrenfest.
(c) Professor Kuhle.
(d) Professor Jungfrau.

5. Where was Einstein staying when he wrote his answer to the Prussian Academy's declaration against him?
(a) Amsterdam, Holland.
(b) Le Coq, near Ostende.
(c) Paris, France.
(d) L'Oiseau near Angers.

6. What famous French legal case did Einstein use to illustrate his decision not to associate with the French Manifesto against anti-Semitism?
(a) the Devil's Island case.
(b) the Monsieur Harlecoute case.
(c) the Marie Antoinette case.
(d) the Dreyfus case.

7. What is another thing people who view Jews as irreconcilable foes are known for?
(a) their lack of a sense of humor.
(b) their stupidity and ignorance.
(c) their attempt to establish a spiritless State-slavery by force.
(d) their lack of a feeling of universal brotherhood.

8. What is the Jewish God according to Einstein?
(a) Abraham's and all Jews' father.
(b) A God made in man's likeness.
(c) a mighty and fearful power.
(d) a negation of superstition.

9. Einstein addressed the Jews of Hungary on behalf of whom?
(a) Rachel Moldau.
(b) Sarah Smetana.
(c) Pamela Bolgar.
(d) Keren Hajessod.

10. How many years did Einstein say in his Addresses on the Reconstruction of Palestine had passed since he had last made an address on the Zionist cause?
(a) 8 years.
(b) 9 years.
(c) 12 years.
(d) 10 years.

11. What accusation by the Prussian Academy of Sciences did Einstein feel was slanderous?
(a) that wrote bogus scientific papers.
(b) that he was a snob and an elitist.
(c) that he was disloyal to the future of Science.
(d) that he had taken part in atrocity-mongering against Germany.

12. Why was the Prussian Academy of Sciences particularly upset at Einstein's statements?
(a) They were the truth.
(b) They were lies in the opinion of the Academy.
(c) They revealed Germany for what it was.
(d) They were statements from a man of world-wide reputation.

13. What is a feature of the Jewish tradition which makes Einstein thank his stars he belongs to it?
(a) religious zeal.
(b) loyalty to the Jewish race.
(c) sense of humor.
(d) pursuit of knowledge for its own sake.

14. When did the Prussian Academy take cognizance of Einstein's resignation?
(a) in its plenary session of March 30, 1933.
(b) in its plenary session of March 18, 1933.
(c) in it's plenary session of April 2, 1933.
(d) in its plenary session of March 29, 1933.

15. When was the declaration of the Prussian Academy of Sciences against Einstein written?
(a) April 1, 1932.
(b) April 1, 1933.
(c) April 1, 1934.
(d) April 1, 1931.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the function of the Talmud?

2. What did the O.R.T. society do try to do for the Jewish people?

3. With which famous French writer did Einstein compare himself with in explaining his decision not to associate with the French Manifesto against anti-Semitism?

4. What is one thing people who view Jews as irreconcilable foes are known for?

5. What did Einstein want the Prussian Academy of Sciences to do with his written statement?

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