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The Theory of Everything
Movie Guide (2014)
1.
What year is it when it flashes back to Cambridge University? ______________
2.
How does Stephen Hawking define a cosmologist?
3.
What does Jane Wilde give Stephen before she leaves?
4.
How many of the problems was Stephen able to complete for the class? ___________ How did he do when
compared to his classmates?
5.
Why does Stephen not believe in God?
6.
What do stars emit when they are born and when they die?
7.
What gift does Stephen leave on Jane’s doorstep?
8.
What do you notice about Stephen’s hand while he is writing on the
chalkboard?
9.
How does the doctor describe Motor Neuron Disease?
10. What is the average life expectancy for someone with this diagnosis? ______________________
11. What is another name for his disease?
12. How does Jane find out about his illness?
13. What do you notice about Stephen’s movements while he plays croquet?
14. What is Stephen’s thesis topic? _________________
15. Finish Frank Hawking’s Line: “I don’t think you realize what lies ahead, Jane. His life is going to be very short.
So, be careful. The weight of ______________________ is against you, and this will not be a fight, Jane. This is
going to be a very _________________ __________________. For all of us.”
16. What do the professors think about his chapter on the black hole being at the beginning of time?
17. According to Brian, how long did Stephen study a day while they were at Oxford? _________________
18. What does Jane give Stephen? What does he think about it?
19. What was Stephen doing when he came up with an idea?
20. What is the title of the book in the window?
21. Why does Jane want him to see a specialist? What keeps
happening?
22. What does Jane tell Stephen in the car?
23. What suggestion does Jane’s mother make?
24. Finish Stephen’s Quote: “What one believes is ____________________________ in _________________.”
25. What happened to Jonathan’s wife?
26. What does Jane tell Jonathan after choir practice?
27. What accusation does Stephen’s mother make while talking to Jane?
28. What happens while Stephen is at the Bordeaux Opera?
29. According to the doctor, what is the only way they can wean
Stephen off of the ventilator? What will he never be able to do again
because of it?
30. How does the spelling board work?
31. What does Elaine, his new nurse, think of Stephen?
32. What does his new wheelchair allow him to do? What does Jane dislike about it?
33. Why is Jane excited when she reads some of Stephen’s work?
34. What news does Stephen share with Jane?
35. What is the title of Stephen’s new book?
36. What happens in Stephen’s daydream?
37. Who do Stephen and Jane meet?
38. What does Stephen tell Jane while they are in the garden?
39. Caption Question: How many copies has his book sold worldwide?
After the Film
40. What do you think were some of the biggest challenges faced by Stephen and Jane? What do you believe
were some of their greatest accomplishments? Explain your answer below.
The Theory of Everything Movie Guide Answer Key
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He says it is a kind of religion for intelligent atheists.
She gives him her phone number on a napkin.
9; the rest of his classmates did horribly on the activity. One of his friends was shocked he completed 9 f the
questions.
5. He tells Jane that a physicist can’t allow his calculations to be muddled by a belief in a supernatural creator.
6. UV radiation
7. A box of Tide.
8. His hand is shaky and twitching. Some might even notice that his handwriting is shaky at times.
9. He says it is a progressive neurological disorder that destroys the cells in the brain that control essential muscle
activity such as speaking, walking, breathing, and swallowing. The doctor goes on to say that the signals
muscles must receive in order to move are disrupted. The result is gradual muscle decay. (NOTE- You may
need to pause to give students time to write their responses. Students do not need to include everything
listed above but I included it for you in case you wanted to discuss it more. It is also best to pause because
their next question is soon after this one.)
10. 2 years
11. Lou Gehrig’s disease/some student might say ALS
12. His friend, Brian, tells her about it.
13. You notice he has trouble walking and his right foot keeps turning in. He holds his left arm close and at one
point he even uses the mallet as a cane.
14. Time
15. Science/heavy defeat
16. They think the chapter is brilliant and superb. They think it is an extraordinary theory.
17. An hour a day
18. A wheelchair; he thinks it is only temporary.
19. He was trying to put on a sweater and was staring at the fire through one of the knit holes.
20. Hawking Radiation
21. She wants him to see a specialist because he keeps choking on his food.
22. She tells him that she needs help.
23. She thinks she should consider joining the church choir.
24. Irrelevant/physics
25. She passed away from leukemia the year prior.
26. She tells him she is pregnant.
27. She wants to know who the father of the baby is because some people believe it is Jonathan’s baby and not
Stephen’s baby. (NOTE- She will later marry Jonathan after Stephen and her divorce.)
28. He begins coughing up blood and they have to have EMT’s take him to the hospital.
29. The only way is to give him a tracheotomy. He will never be able to speak again.
30. He must blink when she says the color of the group that contains the letter. He then blinks again when she
says the letter within that group.
31. She thinks he is the most brilliant man she has ever met. She thinks Jane is very lucky and he is a perfect
patient. (NOTE- Elaine will become Stephen’s wife shortly after he gets a divorce from Jane. Elaine and him
later divorced after 11 years of marriage.)
32. It uses an interface that scans through the alphabet and allows Stephen to choose words for it to speak for
him. The voice on it is American and she did not care for it.
33. She is excited because he acknowledges God.
34. He asked her to travel to America with him. She will look after him.
35. A Brief History of Time (some might also add that it says From the Big Bang to Black Holes under the main title,
but it might be hard for some to see since it is in white.)
36. In his daydream he gets up, walks, and picks up a woman’s pen.
37. They meet Queen Elizabeth (You can add that he was given the Companion of Honour award.)
38. “Look what we made.”
39. More than 10 million copies
NOTE- Stephen passed away on March 14, 2018.
40. Opinion question. Answers will vary.
All pictures are free use images.