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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two things did Einstein emphasize to Jewish youth were important for the destiny of the Jews?

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

3. How many years did Einstein say in his Addresses on the Reconstruction of Palestine had passed since he had last made an address on the Zionist cause?

4. In what German city was the Bavarian Academy of Sciences located?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What was one of the important aims of the Zionist organization and who helped implement this?

2. What made solidarity and achievements as a people difficult if not impossible for the Jews for thousands of years?

3. Why did Einstein no longer want to be a citizen of Germany?

4. What did Einstein feel were the greatest enemies of the national consciousness and honor of the Jews?

5. Who did Einstein feel saw in the Jews their irreconcilable foes?

6. What was Einstein's advice to Jewish youth?

7. How did Einstein describe the the state of affairs in Germany in the early 1930's?

8. What was Einstein's thought on the relations between Jews and Arabs?

9. Who was Herzl and what did he do?

10. What other German scientific academy threw Einstein out besides the Prussian Academy and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) What gave rise to religion in Einstein's opinion? Describe primitive religion.

2) What did religion evolve into? What did Einstein think about an anthropomorphic God? Who did he feel worshiped this concept of God?

3) What is cosmic religion according to Einstein? Who espoused cosmic religion? How are science and religion related, according to Einstein? Did Einstein feel he was religious?

4) Choose two of the three topics to write on.

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Essay Topic 2

1) Explain why Einstein considers himself a religious man? What, according to Einstein, engendered religion?

2) Tell what Gumbel was noted for. What did he write about? What saddens Einstein about Gumbel?

3) What did Einstein feel was the true value of a human being? Why?

4) Choose two of the three topics to write on.

Essay Topic 3

1) What did Einstein say in his letter to a woman who sent him a manuscript for his comments?

2) What did Einstein say in his message to the children of Japan? What book did he mention to them that he had always lying on his table?

3) What did Einstein mean by "Paradise Lost"? Elaborate.

4) Write on two of the three topics.

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