The Deep Time Project Quiz

What do we learn in paragraph I? PUT A √ BY THE TWO CORRECT ANSWERS.

• Who gave the experiment its name.

• What the purpose of the project was.

• How long the Deep Time Project lasted.

• How the volunteers were chosen.

• Why people volunteered to participate.

"The scientists wanted to find out how living under very unusual and difficult conditions affects people." (lines 7–9) Give TWO examples of these unusual and difficult conditions. Take your answers from paragraph I.

What did the participants have to do in the cave? Give ONE task. (paragraph II)

What was the most important thing that the scientists found, according to paragraph II? The volunteers (–).

• couldn't sleep when they were tired

• couldn't complete their tasks

• didn't know if it was night or day

• didn't find life in the cave difficult

A. The people in the cave had regular sleeping hours. YES / NO B. Prove your choice with a sentence from the text.

The volunteers did not think that they were in the cave for 40 days. Give the example from paragraph III that shows this.

What happened to the volunteers after the experiment? (paragraph III)

• They continued to have no sense of time.

• They needed to sleep more than in the past.

• The experiment had several negative effects on them.

• They got used to their regular life quickly.

How can the findings of the project be helpful? Give ONE way. (paragraph IV)

What do the following words refer to? Them (line 7) _________________________ they (line 16) _________________________ they (line 25) _________________________