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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator in the "3 May 1905" dream, a world of sincerity is also a world of what?
(a) Impulse.
(b) Forgiving.
(c) Peace.
(d) Imagination.

2. According to the narrator, what did scientists discover in the past?
(a) That time moves slower the farther one is from the center of the earth.
(b) That time moves faster the farther one is from the center of the earth.
(c) That time has "blips" that stop all things living.
(d) That time never forgets its past.

3. In the world described in the "11 May 1905" dream, what does the passage of time bring?
(a) Increasing anxiety.
(b) Decreasing anxiety.
(c) Increasing order.
(d) Decreasing order.

4. According to the narrator, what did "just as things will be repeated in the future, all things now happening" do?
(a) Happened a hundred times before.
(b) Never happened before.
(c) Only happened once before.
(d) Happened a million times before.

5. What is wondrous about the world described in the "11 May 1905" dream?
(a) Nothing is out of place.
(b) All inhabitants live in dream-like states.
(c) No one needs sleep to re-energize.
(d) Money is not needed.

6. What are the two times explained in the "24 April 1905" dream?
(a) Natural and imagined time.
(b) Happy and sad time.
(c) Good and bad time.
(d) Mechanical and body time.

7. How does time move in the "14 May 1905" dream?
(a) Outward in spirals, at rest in the center.
(b) Outward in concentric circles, at rest at the center.
(c) Inward in spirals, exploding at the center.
(d) Inward in concentric circles, exploding at the center.

8. In the world described in the "11 May 1905" dream, what happens in the springtime?
(a) The people try to make the world disorderly.
(b) The season reverses and goes back towards winter.
(c) The people gather at a central point and sing praise to Mother Nature.
(d) The people leave so that the town can realign on its own.

9. What does the narrator want readers to consider in the "3 May 1905" dream?
(a) A world in which life and death do not balance.
(b) A world in which cause and effect are erratic.
(c) A world in which life and death balance.
(d) A world in which cause and effect balance.

10. Who has Besso received a letter from announcing a visit?
(a) His sister.
(b) His brother.
(c) His father.
(d) His uncle.

11. According to the narrator, what are people in a world of only one day?
(a) Accepting.
(b) Excited.
(c) Equal.
(d) Saddened.

12. Finish the following line: "A world in which time is absolute is a world of ____________."
(a) Consolation.
(b) Immediacy.
(c) Unpredictability.
(d) Supremacy.

13. According to the narrator, what do people who have been transported back in time wear?
(a) Nothing; their clothing does not transfer to other time periods.
(b) Tatters of clothes.
(c) Bright, illuminating clothing.
(d) Dark, indistinct clothing.

14. What do those of religious faith see time as evidence of?
(a) Death.
(b) God.
(c) The Second Coming.
(d) The Apocalypse.

15. Why does the terrace of the Bundesterrasse have a striking view?
(a) Because of the view of the square.
(b) Because of the view of the cathedral.
(c) Because of the view of the Bundes Falls.
(d) Because of the Aare river and the Bernese Alps.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the world in the "15 May 1905" exist?

2. What is the woman in the shadows waiting for?

3. What rushes forward to envelope the people in the last seconds before the world ends?

4. What does the narrator say about a world with no time?

5. What happens one month before the end of the world?

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