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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. In what decade is Einstein writing his correspondence with the science academies?

2. What is one thing Einstein says about Zionism?

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

4. What do the academies not regret?

5. What does Einstein say about the theory of relativity?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Einstein says Kepler and Galileo "ripened" mankind for science. How did they do that?

3. Why didn't Einstein join a French rally against German anti-Semitism?

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

5. What does Einstein Jews have been in the past two thousand years and what did they lack? What are they trying to establish now?

6. What does Einstein say Judaism is concerned with and how can it be better?

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

8. Why did Einstein put mathematics above other sciences?

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

10. What does Einstein say he will only live under?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Einstein says that the aim of the Jewish nation is to restore Jewish tradition and to live side-by-side with the Arabs. Discuss one of the following:

1. How well do you think the new Jewish nation achieves the aim to restore Jewish tradition?

2. How well do you think the new Jewish nation lives (peaceably) side by side with the Arabs?

3. Discuss the present day success of the goal stated above.

Essay Topic 2

In Einstein's essay, "Remarks on Bertrand Russell's Theory of Knowledge," Einstein discusses the question as to "What knowledge is pure thought able to supply independent of sense perceptions?" Discuss the following:

1. How does Einstein say that Russell's theory of knowledge answers the above question?

2. Does Einstein completely agree with Russell? Discuss fully.

3. Explain Russell's theory of knowledge and how it is applicable in today's culture.

Essay Topic 3

Einstein gives the reader an overview of his philosophy of life in the essay, "The World as I See It." Discuss one of the following:

1. Discuss Einstein's opinions of three topics. Do you agree or disagree with him? Why?

2. Compare and contrast Einstein's opinions from this essay with what you might imagine he would think today in the 21st century. How do you think his opinions would change? Would remain the same? Explain fully.

3. Discuss how you think Einstein's view on several topics from this essay informs his life as a scientist.

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