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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the "ether" idea invented by earlier scientists?
(a) A medium pervading space as a vehicle for electromagnetic and light phenomena..
(b) A means of putting electrons into a suspended state.
(c) A way to slow down the movement of electrons rotating around the nucleas.
(d) The matter in which electrical current shocks someone.

2. What is the starting point for the concept of space?
(a) The quark space.
(b) The omega point.
(c) The alpha point.
(d) The interval.

3. For what has Einstein worked his entire life?
(a) Justice and liberty.
(b) Justice and acceptance.
(c) Truth and fairness.
(d) Liberty and truth.

4. According to Einstein, what must Jews strive to be?
(a) Strong enough to withstand persecution.
(b) Benevolent guardians of both Jew and Arabs.
(c) A beacon of light to an uncivilized world.
(d) Civilized Europeans and good citizens.

5. Who "frees" space from rigidity?
(a) Planck.
(b) Newton.
(c) Reimann.
(d) Einstein.

6. How does the inertia of a given body grow?
(a) With an increase in gravitational pull.
(b) Through the exertion of the time/space continuum.
(c) As more "ponderable masses" come into proximity.
(d) By expanding beyond the known borders of the Universe.

7. What is as rigid and absolute as Newton's space?
(a) The idea of ionic space.
(b) The theroy of relativity.
(c) The idea of non-space.
(d) The theory of constants.

8. What does Einstein say the German people used to believe?
(a) The same ideals Einstein has worked for his entire life.
(b) That Europe was its friend.
(c) That God was just and treated all humans equally.
(d) That the people held the power, not the leaders.

9. What is Einstein's response to the demands of the academies?
(a) That his research notes are his own.
(b) That he will work for any country he desires.
(c) To sue them for his pay and benefits.
(d) Refusal.

10. In what decade does Einstein write "A Reply to the Invitation to Participate in a Meeting against Anti-Semitism" ?
(a) 1940s.
(b) First decade of 20th century.
(c) 1920s.
(d) 1930s.

11. Why should Judaism not be called a religion?
(a) Because it is a way of life.
(b) Because it acknowledges all paths lead to God.
(c) Because faith is counter to its precepts.
(d) Because it demands no "faith"; just the sanctification of life.

12. What correspondence does Einstein present in this part?
(a) Between him and his mentor.
(b) Between him and his wife.
(c) Between him and the president of the United States.
(d) Between him and Prussian and Bavarian academies of science .

13. What essay opens Part 4?
(a) "Mainifesto to Peace, March, 1943."
(b) "Manifesto of the Chosen."
(c) "Manifesto--March, 1939."
(d) "Peace at What Cost, March, 1941."

14. Besides pure logical thinking what else is required to attain knowledge of the empirical world?
(a) Faith.
(b) Experience.
(c) The right equipment to prove theories.
(d) Experiments.

15. What are elite volunteers doing?
(a) Displacing Arab settlements to gain their lands.
(b) Searching out other areas where they could create a nation that did not impact current inhabitants.
(c) Infiltrating Arab settlements in order to force them to move.
(d) Transforming the desert into flourishing settlements.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what is Judaism concerned?

2. What do the academies not regret?

3. What does Einstein say is the greatest change in physics since Newton?

4. For what does Einstein admire Kepler?

5. Why does Einstein think the protest will do better without his participation?

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