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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the Secretary of the Prussian Academy of Sciences?
(a) Dr. Ernst Heymann.
(b) Dr. Heinrich Edelmann.
(c) Dr. Erhardt Birn.
(d) Dr. Eckhardt Lehmann.

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

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

4. On what date did Einstein write to The Prussian Academy of Sciences telling them why he would not put in a "good word" on the part of the German people?
(a) April 13, 1933.
(b) April 12, 1933.
(c) April 10, 1933.
(d) April 11, 1933.

5. Why did the Bavarian Academy of Sciences say that Einstein's resignation from the Prussian Academy would affect his relations with their Academy?
(a) The Bavarian Academy feared the Prussian Academy.
(b) They would strive harder to keep him as a member.
(c) Bavarians hate Prussians.
(d) All German academies were closely allied with one another.

6. What were the names of the two secretaries of the Prussian Academy of Sciences who signed the Academy's answer to Einstein?
(a) H. von Ficker and E. Heymann.
(b) H. von Hofsmannsthal and E. Lessing.
(c) H. von Pueschner and E. Heidegger.
(d) F. von Edelmann and E. Heinemann.

7. When is a protest against injustice and violence more valuable?
(a) when prompted by an impartial sense of humanity and justice.
(b) when one's family is endangered by the injustice.
(c) when prompted by intense personal involvement.
(d) when one is personally touched by the injustice.

8. According to Einstein what is the supreme value to which all other values are subordinate?
(a) courage.
(b) honesty.
(c) love of one's fellow man.
(d) the sacredness of Life.

9. What is the function of the Torah in Judaism?
(a) It is so sacred it may only be read by rabbis.
(b) It lays down the laws for Jews.
(c) It is a symbol of the solidarity of the Jewish people.
(d) It explains why the Jewish people are God's chosen people.

10. What did Einstein consider would have been the repudiation of all the notions of justice and liberty for which he stood all his life?
(a) disowning his Jewish heritage.
(b) becoming political since he felt politicians were corrupt.
(c) putting a "good word" in for the German people in 1933.
(d) giving up his German citizenship.

11. What was another reason Einstein gave for not associating himself with the French Manifesto against anti-Semitism?
(a) that he wasn't a French citizen.
(b) that he still felt loyalty to Germany.
(c) that he didn't like manifestos.
(d) that he was a Jew.

12. At the beginning of Part III Einstein stated that hoped the principles of what great Germans would again prevail in Germany sometime in the future?
(a) Hegel and Heine.
(b) Schiller and Schopenhauer.
(c) Kant and Goethe.
(d) Lessing and Thomas Mann.

13. 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.

14. In what German city was the Bavarian Academy of Sciences located?
(a) Munich.
(b) Garmish-Partenkirchen.
(c) Stuttgart.
(d) Moosburg.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a particularly characteristic feature of the Jewish tradition brought about by the hallowing of the supra-individual life?

2. Who wrote an article on Zionism and the Zurich Congress which Einstein felt impelled to answer?

3. What is a feature of the Jewish tradition which makes Einstein thank his stars he belongs to it?

4. At the beginning of Part III Einstein compared the psychic distemper of a society with what?

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

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