Einstein's Dreams Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Einstein's Dreams Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator, what are people in a world of only one day?
(a) Saddened.
(b) Equal.
(c) Accepting.
(d) Excited.

2. According to the narrator, what is a world with one month a world of?
(a) Peace.
(b) Imbalance.
(c) Equality.
(d) War.

3. In the world described in the "11 May 1905" dream, what does the passage of time bring?
(a) Decreasing order.
(b) Decreasing anxiety.
(c) Increasing anxiety.
(d) Increasing order.

4. Why is the woman, hiding at no. 22 Kamgasse, crouching in the shadows?
(a) She is afraid of kicking up dust.
(b) She has been assaulted and does not know whom to trust.
(c) She is afraid of being attacked.
(d) She is not sure where she is.

5. In the world described in the "11 May 1905" dream, what happens in the springtime?
(a) The people gather at a central point and sing praise to Mother Nature.
(b) The people try to make the world disorderly.
(c) The people leave so that the town can realign on its own.
(d) The season reverses and goes back towards winter.

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

7. What did Einstein's theory of time begin as?
(a) An investigation of Plato's theories.
(b) An investigation of Socrates' theories.
(c) An investigation of electricity and magnetism.
(d) An investigation of survival of the fittest.

8. While walking with Einstein, during the Interlude, what does Besso wonder about?
(a) Einstein's plans for the future.
(b) What his wife has cooked for dinner.
(c) Why he ever started this friendship with Einstein.
(d) Why he is not the man Einstein is.

9. How many pages is the young man's theory of time?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Forty.
(d) Twenty.

10. According to the "4 May 1905" dream, "If time and the passage of events are the same" what happens to time?
(a) Time moves very fast.
(b) Time barely moves at all.
(c) People barely move at all.
(d) People move very fast.

11. What is the name of the woman with the brocade in her hair?
(a) Bridget.
(b) Suzanne.
(c) Francis.
(d) Josephine.

12. How does a traveler from the future talk?
(a) They cannot talk because they are mute.
(b) They speak in languages not understood by those around them.
(c) They whisper tortured sounds.
(d) They scream animalistic sounds.

13. According to the "14 May 1905" dream, who makes pilgrimages to the center of time?
(a) Only newlyweds.
(b) Everyone at least once in his or her life.
(c) Those close to death.
(d) Parents with their children and lovers.

14. What is the tragedy of the world described in the "10 May 1905" dream?
(a) Everyone is dying.
(b) Everyone is sick.
(c) No one is happy.
(d) No one can help but sin.

15. What happens to light in the "14 May 1905" dreams?
(a) There is no intensity; light looks like fireflies.
(b) There is no light at all, only pure darkness.
(c) Light exists as ribbons of multifaceted color.
(d) There is only blinding white light.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is wondrous about the world described in the "11 May 1905" dream?

2. What are the two times explained in the "24 April 1905" dream?

3. What do those of religious faith see time as evidence of?

4. Who has Besso received a letter from announcing a visit?

5. What does the narrator want readers to consider in the "3 May 1905" dream?

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