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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. At the beginning of Part III Einstein compared the psychic distemper of a society with what?

3. What had the Prussian Academy of Sciences wanted Einstein to do?

4. What is it that gives the only meaning to the life of an individual?

5. What was the official date of Einstein's resignation from the Prussian Academy of Sciences?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why didn't the Prussian Academy of Sciences regret his resignation?

2. How did Einstein describe the the state of affairs in Germany in the early 1930's?

3. What did the Prussian Academy of Sciences ask Einstein to do?

4. Name some of the features of the Jewish tradition that Einstein mentions in Part IV and for which he is very grateful.

5. Why did Einstein refuse to associate himself with a French manifesto against anti-Semitism?

6. To help explain why he didn't accept the invitation to associate himself with a French proponent against Anti-Semitism he cited a comparison of a certain French writer and a famous political case. What were they?

7. The Prussian Academy of Sciences based its accusation of Einstein's atrocity-mongering on what evidence?

8. Give a description of what Einstein felt Palestine would be for the Jews?

9. In the beginning of Part III what comparison did Einstein make between the German society and an individual?

10. Einstein mentioned two famous dead Germans in the beginning of Part III. He hoped Germany would produce such greatness again some day. Who were they? Do you think he still loved Germany?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) What is Einstein's opinion about political leaders and governments? Do you agree with him? or not? Why?

2) What was the problem among the intellectual elite of different countries in 1933, according to Einstein?

3) What is Einstein's view about compulsory military service? Elaborate.

4) Choose two of the three topics to write on.

Essay Topic 2

1) What did Einstein say in his letter to a woman who sent him a manuscript for his comments?

2) What did Einstein say in his message to the children of Japan? What book did he mention to them that he had always lying on his table?

3) What did Einstein mean by "Paradise Lost"? Elaborate.

4) Write on two of the three topics.

Essay Topic 3

1) What was Einstein's view of the Flemish people's demonstration? What positive role did Einstein feel small nations might take in the world in the matter of peace?

2) Describe Einstein's views on labor. Describe the difference between real overproduction and apparent over production.

3) Describe Einstein's views on war reparations.

4) Choose two of the three topics to write on.

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