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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. Einstein was a citizen of what country?
(a) Belgium.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) Austria.
(d) France.

2. What is another feature of the Jewish tradition which Einstein highly values?
(a) love of nature.
(b) superior intellectuality.
(c) an almost fanatical love of justice.
(d) the joy of living.

3. What did Einstein feel would have undermined the ideas and principles which had won a place of honor for Germany in the civilized world?
(a) His resignation from the Prussian Academy of Sciences.
(b) His resignation from the Bavarian Academy of Sciences.
(c) His putting in a "good word" for the German nation of 1933.
(d) His attacking the politics of Germany in 1933.

4. What has little place in the life of America as compared with Europe, according to Einstein?
(a) science and mathematics.
(b) religion and theology.
(c) the visual arts and music.
(d) psychology and psychiatry.

5. Buddhism is an example of what kind of religious feeling according to Einstein?
(a) fear-based.
(b) punitive.
(c) anthropomorphic.
(d) cosmic.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Einstein what is the supreme value to which all other values are subordinate?

2. What did Einstein feel was the greatest obstacle to world order?

3. What was Einstein's position in a nutshell?

4. What was the primary duty of a scientific academy in Einstein's opinion?

5. On what date did Einstein write an answer to the Prussian Academy's statement against him?

(see the answer key)

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