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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the function of the Talmud?
(a) The Talmud is a collection of Jewish parables.
(b) The Talmud interpretes the Torah.
(c) The Talmud describes the persecution of Jews.
(d) The Talmud describes the wanderings of the Jews.

2. At the beginning of Part III Einstein compared the psychic distemper of a society with what?
(a) a rapidly-spreading epidemic.
(b) a rabid dog.
(c) the psychic distemper of an individual.
(d) an inner revolution.

3. Einstein addressed the Jews of Hungary on behalf of whom?
(a) Rachel Moldau.
(b) Keren Hajessod.
(c) Pamela Bolgar.
(d) Sarah Smetana.

4. What did Einstein feel was one of the noblest features of the French tradition?
(a) the love of life the French exhibit.
(b) the honesty of the French people.
(c) the bravery of the French people.
(d) the highly developed sense of justice of the French people.

5. What Jew had great aims for Palestine and Zionism according to Einstein?
(a) Heifetz.
(b) Herzl.
(c) Elie Wiesel.
(d) Leonard Bernstein.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why had the Prussian Academy of Sciences confidently expected Einstein to defend Germany?

2. What does Judaism attempt to do according to Einstein?

3. According to Einstein from where does true scientific research draw its spiritual sustenance?

4. What kind of society did Einstein declare the Jews were not trying to create in Palestine?

5. What does Judaism insist on concerning all living things, especially humans, according to Einstein?

Short Essay Questions

1. To help explain why he didn't accept the invitation to associate himself with a French proponent against Anti-Semitism he cited a comparison of a certain French writer and a famous political case. What were they?

2. Why didn't the Prussian Academy of Sciences regret his resignation?

3. Why did Einstein refuse to put in a "good word" for the German nation?

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

5. What was Einstein's definition of political liberty?

6. Einstein wrote that he would only live in a country with what characteristics?

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

8. What were the O.R.T. and the O.Z.E. and in what city did Einstein give a speech to them?

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

10. What did the Prussian Academy of Sciences accuse Einstein of doing?

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