Einstein's Dreams Quiz | Eight 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 | Eight Week Quiz A

Alan Lightman
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 136 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue through 24 April, 1905.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator, why do "cursed citizens wrestle with their bedsheets"?
(a) Because their lives are in shambles.
(b) Because their mistakes will be repeated.
(c) Because they have sinned.
(d) Because they feel torn by time.

2. According to the narrator, without commitment there is what?
(a) Chaos.
(b) Hate.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Upheaval.

3. Where is the young man's theory of time to be mailed?
(a) The European journal of physics.
(b) The Swiss journal of physics.
(c) The German journal of physics.
(d) The American journal of physics.

4. What does the narrator want readers to suppose time is?
(a) A circle.
(b) An ellipse.
(c) A sphere.
(d) An arc.

5. According to the narrator, what do people who have been transported back in time wear?
(a) Tatters of clothes.
(b) Dark, indistinct clothing.
(c) Bright, illuminating clothing.
(d) Nothing; their clothing does not transfer to other time periods.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the woman in the shadows waiting for?

2. According to the dream on "24 April 1905," what happens when the two "times" meet?

3. What is time compared to in the "16 April 1905" dream?

4. According to the narrator, what did "just as things will be repeated in the future, all things now happening" do?

5. What is the man on the fourth floor balcony looking down at?

(see the answer key)

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