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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. At the time Einstein writes "Why Do They Hate the Jews?" what percentage of the world population is Jewish?
(a) 10 percent.
(b) 2.3 percent.
(c) Less than one percent.
(d) 4 percent.

2. What has too much influence on public thought?
(a) The press.
(b) The church.
(c) The educational system.
(d) The government.

3. What do the intellectual élite lack?
(a) The foresight to make practical decisions.
(b) The cohesion to attack contemporary problems.
(c) The ability to understand basic causes.
(d) Compassion for those of lesser ilk.

4. What correspondence does Einstein present in this part?
(a) Between him and Prussian and Bavarian academies of science .
(b) Between him and his wife.
(c) Between him and the president of the United States.
(d) Between him and his mentor.

5. What prevents Jews from giving blind obeisance to any moral authority?
(a) The education of their people.
(b) The value Jews place on individualism.
(c) A strong critical spirit.
(d) The commands of the Torah.

Short Answer Questions

1. What should history do?

2. What guards Jews from social and psychological problems?

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

4. Why does Einstein think people should labor as little as possible to maintain life and health?

5. What does Anti-Semitism means?

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