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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. To what subject did Katzenstein devote his scientific energies during the last 10 years of his life?
(a) the transplanting of organs.
(b) eye surgery.
(c) performing successful appendectomies.
(d) the antagonism of the tissues.

2. What famous French legal case did Einstein use to illustrate his decision not to associate with the French Manifesto against anti-Semitism?
(a) the Dreyfus case.
(b) the Devil's Island case.
(c) the Marie Antoinette case.
(d) the Monsieur Harlecoute case.

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

4. In what German city was the Prussian Academy of Sciences located?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Hamburg.
(c) Dresden.
(d) Bremen.

5. What is a feature of the Jewish tradition which makes Einstein thank his stars he belongs to it?
(a) sense of humor.
(b) pursuit of knowledge for its own sake.
(c) loyalty to the Jewish race.
(d) religious zeal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the problem forced on Einstein's Berlin surgeon friend out of the necessities of his practice?

2. What is Einstein's political ideal?

3. What is it that gives the only meaning to the life of an individual?

4. With which famous French writer did Einstein compare himself with in explaining his decision not to associate with the French Manifesto against anti-Semitism?

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

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