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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what date did Einstein write an answer to the Prussian Academy's statement against him?
(a) April 15, 1933.
(b) April 5, 1934.
(c) April 12, 1933.
(d) April 5, 1933.

2. What does Judaism attempt to do according to Einstein?
(a) unify the Jews scattered all over the world.
(b) prove itself the best of all belief systems.
(c) base the moral law on fear.
(d) use ancient stories to teach morality.

3. 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.

4. What is a particularly characteristic feature of the Jewish tradition brought about by the hallowing of the supra-individual life?
(a) a reverence for everything spiritual.
(b) a reverence for Orthodox Judaism.
(c) a reverence for rabbis.
(d) a reverence for one's Jewish ancestors.

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

6. What was the reason Einstein gave for no longer wanting to live in Germany?
(a) He was Jewish.
(b) He planned to emigrate to America.
(c) He preferred France.
(d) no legal equality or freedom to say or teach what he wanted.

7. What is the Jewish God according to Einstein?
(a) a negation of superstition.
(b) Abraham's and all Jews' father.
(c) a mighty and fearful power.
(d) A God made in man's likeness.

8. What is the essence of the Jewish conception of life according to Einstein?
(a) an attitude toward life like the theory "the survival of the fittest".
(b) a concepton of life as endless trials and tribulations.
(c) an affirmative attitude to the life of all creation.
(d) an attitude of total hopelessness..

9. When was the declaration of the Prussian Academy of Sciences against Einstein written?
(a) April 1, 1932.
(b) April 1, 1933.
(c) April 1, 1931.
(d) April 1, 1934.

10. Who made the following remark to Einstein: "When a Jew says that he's going hunting to amuse himself, he lies."
(a) Elie Wiesenthal.
(b) Walter Rathenau.
(c) Saul Weissman.
(d) Disraeli.

11. With whom was Einstein staying when the Prussian Academy wrote to Einstein on April 7, 1933?
(a) Professor Jungfrau.
(b) Professor Ehrenfest.
(c) Professor Liebenmilch.
(d) Professor Kuhle.

12. What did Einstein feel was one of the noblest features of the French tradition?
(a) the love of life the French exhibit.
(b) the highly developed sense of justice of the French people.
(c) the honesty of the French people.
(d) the bravery of the French people.

13. Instead of atrocity-mongering what did the French people do?
(a) they did nothing.
(b) take in and protect Jews fleeing from Germany.
(c) write letters to German newspapers.
(d) reproduce and comment on official German statements.

14. What did the best of the Prophets and Jesus do according to Einstein?
(a) were totally ethical.
(b) demonstrated material wealth.
(c) prophesied.
(d) served God; served the living.

15. What is another thing people who view Jews as irreconcilable foes are known for?
(a) their stupidity and ignorance.
(b) their attempt to establish a spiritless State-slavery by force.
(c) their lack of a sense of humor.
(d) their lack of a feeling of universal brotherhood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was needed in order to preserve Jewish solidarity?

2. What had he not wanted done with the written document he gave the International League for combating anti-Semitism?

3. What was leading to success regarding the reconstruction of Palestine in Einstein's opinion?

4. What should Jewish youth take an interest in according to Einstein?

5. What in Jewish tradition finds splendid expression in many of the Psalms according to Einstein?

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