Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment

 

 

  1. In “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment,” how many people drink the water?                 LC1

A) 2                 B) 5                 C) 4                 D)none

 

  1. Dr. Heidegger doesn’t drink the water because:                                                 LA6

A)    He only drinks bottled water.

B)     It gives him diarrhea.

C)    He’s had much trouble growing old.

D)    He’s grown bored with life.

 

  1. One thing the people had in common in “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment” was:       LA6

A)    They were all old.

B)     They all made mistakes in life.

C)    They all knew each other for many years.

D)    All of the above.

 

  1. What did Dr. Heidegger learn from his experiment?                                                       LC1

A)    He has no friends.

B)     That sparkling water kills butterflies.

C)    Sparkling water makes people drunk.

D)    People tend to make the same mistakes.

 

  1. In “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment,” the main character is:                                     LT5

A) Heidegger                            B) Killegrew

C) Gascoigne                           D) Wycherly                             E) Medbourne

 

  1. “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment” takes place in:                                                     LT5

A) a mental hospital                  B) a doctor’s study

C) a university lab                     D) the southern tip of the Floridian Penninsula

 

  1. The table is knocked over and the water spills during which part of the story?    LT5

A)    It is part of establishing the setting.

B)     It is the turning point or the climax of the story.

C)    It is part of the theme of the story.

D)    It is an essential part of how the main character changes.

 

  1. “Man is inclined to repeat mistakes when given another chance” is a statement of the story’s:

A) setting                                  B) climax                                                                      LC1

C) theme                                  D) main character

 

  1. The main character changes in a story. How does the main character in “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment” change?                                                                                                  LT5

A)    He learns something from the behavior of the four old people.

B)     He gets a desire to drink the water.

C)    He now wants to be young again.

D)    He tries to get more of the precious water.

 

  1. What is the tone of this story?                                                                                       LT8

A) suspenseful                          B) romantic

C) comic                                  D) angry

 

  1. What does Hawthorne mean when he states, “The greatest curiosity of the study remains to be mentioned…it was a book of magic.”                                                                                    LC4

A)  Magic still makes most people quite curious.

B) Doctors need to study curious books of magic.

C) Dr. Heidegger was curious about the black arts.

D) It is strange that a doctor, a man of science, would have a book of  magic in his office.

 

  1. What is the MOST logical explanation of what happened to the four friends who drank the water.                                                                                                                                  LT10

A)    They really got young and then acted foolishly.

B)     They really only got drunk, but thought they were young, and acted foolishly.

C)    Dr. Heidegger hypnotized them.

D)    The four experienced true time travel.

 

  1. Using context clues from the story, what does Hawthorne mean by crow’s foot. “She thrust her face close to the glass to see whether some wrinkle or crow’s foot had entirely vanished.”

A) A wrinkle on the face.                                                                                              LC4

B) Lines on her hands.

C) Gray hair.

D) Lines on her brow.

 

  1. What kind of passage is this?                                                                                        LT5

A) essay                       B) short story               C) drama

D) poetry                     E) novel                        F) biography

 

  1. Which of the following is an opinion, rather than a fact from the story.                LT8

A)    The Widow Wycherly asked Dr. Heidegger to dance with her.

B)     The four old people acted foolishly.

C)    The three men fought each other over the Widow Wycherly.

D)    Dr. Heidegger was happy he selected these four people for his experiment.

 

  1. One way that Dr. Heidegger is different from his four old friends is:                    LA6

A)    He made a terrible mistake early in his life.

B)     He collects butterflies.

C)    He learns a lesson from his experiment.

D)    He enjoys drinking the water.

 

  1. How is Dr. Heidegger similar to a modern scientist?                                                       LT10

A)    He only observes the experiment; he doesn’t participate.

B)     He controls the variables of the experiment by carefully selecting subjects.

C)    Both A + B

D)    None of these

 

  1. Using context clues from the story, what does Hawthorne mean by mendicant. “Mr. Medbourne had been a prosperous merchant, but had lost his all by a frantic speculation, and was now little better than a mendicant.”                                                                                    LC4

A)    wealthy man

B)     beggar

C)    medical man

D)    merchant

 

  1. The best summary of this story might be:                                                                        LC2

A) Dr. Heidegger proves that if given a second chance, people will change and be better.

B) Old people like to get together and drink wine.

C) Dr. Heidegger proves that people don’t change.

D) Being young is better than being old.

 

  1. One could conclude that:                                                                                               LC3

A) Dr. Heidegger believed people could change.

B) Dr. Heidegger believed people could not change.

C) Scientific studies were never used in the old days.

D) Not many people made mistakes in their lives in the old days.