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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kind of religion is Judaism not according to Einstein?
(a) practical.
(b) nihilistic.
(c) strict.
(d) transcendental.

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

4. In Einstein's opinion with what is Judaism almost exclusively concerned?
(a) excellency in every direction.
(b) creating a Jewish nation.
(c) the moral attitude in life and to life.
(d) loyalty to theology of Judaism.

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

6. What was expressly included in the command to keep holy the Sabbath day?
(a) animals.
(b) choice of food to be eaten.
(c) the synagogue or temple.
(d) family.

7. The pure doctrine of Judaism is obscured by what according to Einstein?
(a) by not following the laws of the Torah.
(b) by too much worship of the letter.
(c) by a feeling pessimism and unbelief.
(d) by not heeding the teaching of the rabbis.

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

9. Who wrote an article on Zionism and the Zurich Congress which Einstein felt impelled to answer?
(a) Professor Stillgut.
(b) Professor Hellpach.
(c) Professor Lipps.
(d) Professor Heimweh.

10. What does Judaism insist on concerning all living things, especially humans, according to Einstein?
(a) solidarity.
(b) compassion.
(c) hope.
(d) joy.

11. What reason did Einstein give for resigning from The Prussian Academy of Sciences?
(a) He wasn't treated with enough civility.
(b) He was immigrating to America.
(c) He didn't want to support the destruction of German culture.
(d) He was a Jew.

12. What should Jewish youth take an interest in according to Einstein?
(a) education but also athletics.
(b) obedience to their parents' traditions.
(c) Jewish questions and difficulties.
(d) science.

13. The establishment of satisfactory relations between Jews and Arabs was whose responsibility?
(a) the Middle East's responsibility.
(b) America's responsibility.
(c) England's responsibility.
(d) the Jews' and Arabs' responsibility.

14. What was the date Einstein wrote his Manifesto about only staying in a country with political liberty, toleration and equality of citizens existed?
(a) March, 1934.
(b) March, 1933.
(c) May, 1932.
(d) May, 1935.

15. What did Einstein say would be no excuse for the behavior of the scientific academies?
(a) pride.
(b) ignorance.
(c) stupidity.
(d) external pressure.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which country did Einstein use as an example for the Jews to follow in the construction of Palestine?

3. What did the German scientific academies do that Einstein deplored?

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

5. What famous French legal case did Einstein use to illustrate his decision not to associate with the French Manifesto against anti-Semitism?

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