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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. What is the "ether" idea invented by earlier scientists?
(a) A way to slow down the movement of electrons rotating around the nucleas.
(b) A means of putting electrons into a suspended state.
(c) The matter in which electrical current shocks someone.
(d) A medium pervading space as a vehicle for electromagnetic and light phenomena..

2. How does Einstein characterize the newly-formed State of Israel?
(a) That it conforms as closely as possible with the ethical ideals of peace, understanding, and self-restraint.
(b) As wise as a serpent and innocent as a dove.
(c) As infantile in its political acumen.
(d) As just another government that falsely assumes safety is to be found in military might.

3. For what has Einstein worked his entire life?
(a) Liberty and truth.
(b) Truth and fairness.
(c) Justice and acceptance.
(d) Justice and liberty.

4. What do the academies demand of Einstein?
(a) That he gives them reserach he conducted for them.
(b) That he not work for any other country.
(c) That he forfeits his pay and retirement.
(d) That he says something good about the German people to the rest of the world.

5. How does Einstein characterize his treatment when he lived in Germany earlier?
(a) He was treated poorly.
(b) He was often subject to unwarrented interrogations.
(c) He was often subject to physical abuse.
(d) He was treated well.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the the "Riemannian curvature" do?

2. What is one thing Einstein says Jews must do?

3. What do Faraday/Maxwell show exist in "free space"?

4. How would you characterize Einstein's beliefs in this section of the book?

5. What does the theory of relativity resemble?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Einstein's opinion of what Zionism has done but what does he think is better?

3. Why does the theory of relativity show how modern theoretical science develops?

4. What caused an exchange of correspondence between Einstein and the Prussian and Bavarian academies of science in 1933?

5. How does Einstein see the change in Jews towards Palestine?

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

7. What does the theory of relativity say is probable about two and three dimensional space?

8. What does Einstein say is the essential character of the Jews as a group and what is their contribution to the world?

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

10. What does Einstein say a theorist must do?

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