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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one thing Einstein says about Zionism?
(a) That it is one small step towards integration with the Arabs to share the land.
(b) That it must be not a political movement but a realization of the social ideal of the Bible.
(c) That its vision is dubious.
(d) That it is an evil tyranny that is as bad as the situation the Jews left.

2. What is one requirement for Einstein for living in a country?
(a) Liberty.
(b) Military disarmament.
(c) Hope.
(d) Military might.

3. For what must general laws be valid?
(a) For other related general laws.
(b) For all natural phenomena.
(c) For collorary specifics.
(d) Only for observable phenomenon.

4. What does the theory of relativity resemble?
(a) A question and answer format.
(b) A helix.
(c) A two-story building.
(d) A circle.

5. What do friends and foes alike say the Jews represent?
(a) The ideal to which other peoples should strive.
(b) A group of people united by beliefs rather than genetics.
(c) A race whose behaviors are hereditary.
(d) A step forward in human evolution.

6. How do the actions of the heroes of the battle of the Warsaw Ghetto help all Jewish people?
(a) They show that Jewish people will fight.
(b) They are strengthening the bonds among Jews of all nations.
(c) They demonstrate the extreme situation and it will help other nations open their borders to the Jews.
(d) They demonstrate the idea that attacking any Jew is at one's own peril.

7. Why does Einstein think the protest will do better without his participation?
(a) The Germans will not be hostile towards Einstein as a result.
(b) The Germans will not think he incited them.
(c) It will be attended by more people.
(d) It will have a greater air of impartiality.

8. What does the the "Riemannian curvature" do?
(a) Shows how orbits are created.
(b) Links the theory with the facts of astronomy.
(c) Defines the orbit of electrons.
(d) Helps explain the shape of Earth and other planets.

9. Why does Einstein refuse the demands?
(a) It is unreasonable.
(b) He has earned his pay and retirement.
(c) It is counter to what he has worked for his whole life.
(d) The notes came from his own mind and no one else's.

10. What is the third requirement for living in a country?
(a) Equality under the law.
(b) Cooperative people.
(c) Simple social structure.
(d) Non-prejudism.

11. How does the inertia of a given body grow?
(a) Through the exertion of the time/space continuum.
(b) With an increase in gravitational pull.
(c) By expanding beyond the known borders of the Universe.
(d) As more "ponderable masses" come into proximity.

12. Why should Judaism not be called a religion?
(a) Because faith is counter to its precepts.
(b) Because it demands no "faith"; just the sanctification of life.
(c) Because it acknowledges all paths lead to God.
(d) Because it is a way of life.

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

14. What does Infinite space mean?
(a) That space is occupied by an infinite number of atoms.
(b) That eternity and inifinite space are identical.
(c) That there is no finte end to the boundaries of the Universe.
(d) That any number of bodies of equal size can be laid side-by-side without ever filling it.

15. To what does a fable about a shepherd boy, a horse, and a stag relate?
(a) To astrology.
(b) To Jesus, Jews and Hitler.
(c) To Germany, the Nazis, and the Jews.
(d) To a nomadic way of life and astrology.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does truth applied to science or religion convey?

2. What correspondence does Einstein present in this part?

3. What do the academies demand of Einstein?

4. What is a second requirement for Einstein for living in a country?

5. What does Einstein say the German people used to believe?

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