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

David Eagleman
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Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

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 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Scales: What are humans in this afterlife?
(a) God's friends.
(b) God's children.
(c) God's organs.
(d) God's eyes.

2. The Unnatural: What can a person change in this afterlife?
(a) Their looks.
(b) Who his/her friends are.
(c) One thing about his/her life.
(d) Where he/she goes in the afterlife.

3. Distance: What is each person allowed to do when arriving in the afterlife?
(a) Talk to a friend.
(b) Change clothes.
(c) View their life.
(d) Ask God a question.

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

5. Egalitaire: This god is very unusual because he/she is:
(a) Silly.
(b) Angry.
(c) Sensitive.
(d) Vengeful.

Short Answer Questions

1. Missing: What is God?

2. Angst: What is man's job in the afterlife?

3. The Cast: What is death in this afterlife?

4. Adhesion: Who made humans in this story?

5. Sum: In this afterlife a person's life is:

Short Essay Questions

1. Giantess: What happened as a result of the princely man's attempt to communicate with the Giantess?

2. Great Expectations: What doe people expect in this afterlife?

3. Angst: Why do the humans in this story dread returning to the afterlife?

4. Mirrors: In this story death is a two part process. The first death comes when a person takes their final breath, but the second part does not come until later. What kills the person the second time?

5. Adhesion: What is the adhesive (alluded to in the title) that holds humans together in this story?

6. Metamorphosis: In this story, people die three deaths. The last death occurs when their name is said for the last time on earth. Why will some people be stuck waiting forever for their name to be called for the final time?

7. Missing: Why is the dispute over God's gender irrelevant in this story?

8. Distance: Everyone in this afterlife is allowed to ask the Creator one question. One man asks why God keeps himself separate from man. What is God's answer?

9. The Unnatural: Why do people begin murdering others?

10. Descent of Species: What does the human-turned-horse realize right before he can no longer think?

(see the answer keys)

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