Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

David Eagleman
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 134 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

David Eagleman
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 134 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. Metamorphosis: What do the people awaiting the Caller become?
(a) What they think they should be.
(b) What the living remember them as.
(c) Sad, depressed and anxious.
(d) Happy and hopeful.

2. Descent of Species: What happens when people in this afterlife begins to think about what they will be in the next life?
(a) They melt.
(b) They begin to change.
(c) They are allowed to preview that life.
(d) They learn to appreciate their life.

3. Great Expectations: People in this afterlife can?
(a) Program computers.
(b) Decide who they want to meet in their life.
(c) Teleport.
(d) Select their time of death and afterlife.

4. Reins: Why did the angels sew discord against God?
(a) They didn't like the way God ran things.
(b) They were bored.
(c) They said God took credit for their work.
(d) They wanted to take over hell.

5. Sum: In this afterlife:
(a) Everything is sad.
(b) Everything is not always pleasant.
(c) Everything is hopeless and joyless.
(d) Everything is happy and joyful.

6. Mirrors: Where is a person when he/she wakes up in death for the first time?
(a) In bed.
(b) Infront of a mirror.
(c) In the hospital.
(d) In Purgatory.

7. Egalitaire: What do souls think about this afterlife?
(a) They are grateful that hell has been shut down.
(b) It is their own kind of hell.
(c) It is the best of all their wishes.
(d) Their god is considerate and kind.

8. The Cast: What do some actors do to escape the dream?
(a) Kill themselves.
(b) Run away.
(c) Go on strike.
(d) Kill the dreamer.

9. The Cast: What did the dream actors do at one point?
(a) They went on strike.
(b) They killed the dreamer.
(c) They struck out on their own.
(d) They improved their lines.

10. The Unnatural: What happens to you at the end of the story?
(a) You kill yourself.
(b) You are considered a hero.
(c) You are murdered.
(d) You are cannonized.

11. Circle of Friends: What happens in the streets and parks?
(a) They are abandoned and shut down.
(b) There are no parks and streets in this afterlife.
(c) The parks and streets are crowded with wandering people.
(d) Every day there are block parties and picnics.

12. Spirals: What do the creatures think about humans?
(a) That they have answers, but can't tell them.
(b) That they have answers, but won't tell them because they are mean.
(c) That they are failures.
(d) That they are too dumb to have answers.

13. Circle of Friends: What do you begin to long for in this afterlife?
(a) Peace and quite.
(b) Your old life.
(c) New experiences and people.
(d) The people you knew and loved.

14. Mirrors: How many stages does death have in this afterlife?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Six.
(d) One.

15. Oz: What does the Creator really look like?
(a) A yellow curtain.
(b) A giant head.
(c) An old, bald woman.
(d) An old, bald man.

Short Answer Questions

1. Spirals: Why did the creatures create humans?

2. Descent of Species: What will happen if a person dies as a horse?

3. Great Expectations: What happens to people's computerized afterlives?

4. The Unnatural: What happens as people begin to live forever?

5. Missing: Where did God learn about divorce and marital separation?

(see the answer keys)

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