Einstein's Dreams Quiz | One Week Quiz A

Alan Lightman
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 136 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Einstein's Dreams Quiz | One Week Quiz A

Alan Lightman
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 11 June 1905 through Interlude.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is time described in the "17 June 1905" dream?
(a) As continuous.
(b) As explosive.
(c) As discontinuous.
(d) As flashes.

2. What month does the Swiss and English couple meet to vacation together?
(a) May.
(b) June.
(c) August.
(d) July.

3. Why does Einstein sneak away from his wife in the middle of the night?
(a) To walk in solitude.
(b) To meet a mistress.
(c) To drink with Besso.
(d) To work on equations.

4. According to the narrator in the "28 April 1905" dream, what is visible in all places?
(a) The future.
(b) The past.
(c) Mistakes.
(d) Time.

5. How does the narrator describe births, marriages, and deaths in the 15 June 1905 dream?
(a) Signposts in time.
(b) Overly significant happenings.
(c) Doors to choose to enter.
(d) Insignificant happenings.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the "29 May 1905" dream, why does this world exist as it does?

2. How do the clouds appear, in the "17 June 1905" dream, after a gap in time?

3. Why do some people, in the world described in the "29 May 1905" dream, refuse to look out their windows?

4. At what time do the people of Berne convene at Kramgasse?

5. According to the narrator in the "3 May 1905" dream, a world of sincerity is also a world of what?

(see the answer key)

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