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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 "The Jews".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Lessing and Thomas Mann.
(b) Hegel and Heine.
(c) Kant and Goethe.
(d) Schiller and Schopenhauer.

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

3. Who was Frauelein Knake?
(a) Einstein's niece.
(b) a patient of Katzenstein's.
(c) Katzenstein's future daughter-in-law.
(d) Katzenstein's enthusiastic fellow-worker.

4. What is it that gives the only meaning to the life of an individual?
(a) that individual's relationship with God.
(b) how that individual relates to his race.
(c) how he aids in making others' lives nobler and more beautiful.
(d) how successful the individual is.

5. The book, WAR AGAIN TO-MORROW, which Einstein recommended, was written by whom?
(a) Thomas Mann.
(b) Hermann Hesse.
(c) Ludwig Bauer.
(d) Heinrich Heine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the essence of the Jewish conception of life according to Einstein?

2. What constitutes an impotent pacifism according to Einstein?

3. What does Einstein believe prompted the development of the superior American technical devices and work organization?

4. Why are some self-professed pacifists not to be relied on in time of war according to Einstein?

5. What did Einstein want the Prussian Academy of Sciences to do with his written statement?

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