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
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 136 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Einstein's wife?
(a) Karin.
(b) Marit.
(c) Mileva.
(d) Gulla.

2. How does the world in the "15 May 1905" exist?
(a) In black and white only, with no shadow or brightness.
(b) As a blank slate.
(c) As a black hole, digesting everything in its reach.
(d) Without time and with images.

3. What does the narrator say about a world with no time?
(a) Without time the world fails to progress at a natural pace.
(b) There is no life without time.
(c) People take too much for granted.
(d) The world forgets how to function.

4. Where did Basso and Einstein meet?
(a) Uster.
(b) Zurich.
(c) Maur.
(d) Wohlen.

5. What happens to time in the "14 May 1905" dream?
(a) Time moves slowly.
(b) Time is set in a constant loop.
(c) Time stands still.
(d) Time is sped up.

6. What is curious about the town in the "10 May 1905" dream?
(a) The town exists in three different time periods.
(b) The town exists two centuries in the past.
(c) The town exists one century in the past.
(d) The town is split in two and exists as a repetition of each other.

7. What month is it in the "19 April 1905" dream?
(a) October.
(b) April.
(c) November.
(d) January.

8. To what does the Zytgloggeturm pay tribute?
(a) Time.
(b) The future.
(c) The infinite.
(d) The past.

9. What is the man on the fourth floor balcony looking down at?
(a) A child playing in the street.
(b) A red hat.
(c) A blue coat.
(d) A dog looking for food.

10. According to the narrator, what did scientists discover in the past?
(a) That time never forgets its past.
(b) That time moves slower the farther one is from the center of the earth.
(c) That time moves faster the farther one is from the center of the earth.
(d) That time has "blips" that stop all things living.

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

12. 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) People barely move at all.
(c) People move very fast.
(d) Time barely moves at all.

13. According to the narrator, what do parents treasure given they think they may not witness it again?
(a) Their child's first cry.
(b) Their child's first smile.
(c) Their child's first words.
(d) Their child's first laugh.

14. According to the narrator, what is the physical body?
(a) A thing to be ordered, not obeyed.
(b) A mass of organisms that pull in different directions at all times.
(c) A mass of organisms that pull in only one direction.
(d) A thing to be obeyed, not ordered.

15. What is the last image readers are left with at the end of the "15 May 1905" dream?
(a) A clock with pendulum stuck mid-swing.
(b) A yellow brush.
(c) A broken watch.
(d) A book lying on a table.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the tragedy of the world described in the "10 May 1905" dream?

2. According to the narrator, what is a world with one month a world of?

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

4. One day before the end of the world, how are the streets described?

5. What do all of the people who have gathered together one minute before the end of the world do?

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