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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 "The Jews".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has the task in Palestine given the Jewish people according to Einstein?
(a) employment and inspiration.
(b) hope and peace of mind.
(c) faith in Judaism and in life.
(d) solidarity and optimism.

2. Who did Einstein call "our leader" and praise for his zeal and circumspection?
(a) Isaiah.
(b) Weiss.
(c) Cohen.
(d) Weizmann.

3. Which two Gentile writers was Einstein happy to see attend the speech he gave in London?
(a) Oscar Wilde and Robert Burns.
(b) Somerset Maugham and T.S. Eliot.
(c) Henry James and Aldous Huxley.
(d) Bernard Shaw and H.G. Wells.

4. How did Einstein plan to abolish unemployment?
(a) lower salaries.
(b) legally reduce the number of working hours per week.
(c) invent new jobs.
(d) build more factories.

5. Einstein had also been a corresponding member of what other academy of Sciences?
(a) The Swiss Academy of Sciences.
(b) The Bavarian Academy of Sciences.
(c) The Austrian Academy of Science.
(d) The French Academy of Sciences.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the reason Einstein gave for no longer wanting to live in Germany?

2. Einstein addressed the Jews of Hungary on behalf of whom?

3. What was one reason Einstein didn't associate himself with the French Manifesto against anti-Semitism?

4. Einstein compared the situation of the scientific world of his time to which Bible story?

5. Einstein felt himself lucky to witness the peace demonstration organized by what people?

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