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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. On the last day of the world, who are the people with the unnatural smiles?
(a) Those who do not think the world is going to end.
(b) Those who are attempting to correct misdeeds.
(c) Those who have not yet atoned for their sins.
(d) Those who are stealing.

2. While walking with Einstein, during the Interlude, what does Besso wonder about?
(a) Einstein's plans for the future.
(b) Why he ever started this friendship with Einstein.
(c) Why he is not the man Einstein is.
(d) What his wife has cooked for dinner.

3. What happens to time in the "14 May 1905" dream?
(a) Time stands still.
(b) Time moves slowly.
(c) Time is sped up.
(d) Time is set in a constant loop.

4. What is the tragedy of the world described in the "10 May 1905" dream?
(a) No one can help but sin.
(b) Everyone is dying.
(c) Everyone is sick.
(d) No one is happy.

5. Why does Einstein want to understand time?
(a) To speed time up.
(b) To slow time down.
(c) To get close to The Old One.
(d) To be able to plan his life more accordingly.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the dream on "24 April 1905," what happens when the two "times" meet?

3. How does a traveler from the future talk?

4. What is wondrous about the world described in the "11 May 1905" dream?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do people in the 26 April 1905 dream choose to live in the mountains?

2. Describe the people who live by "bodily time."

3. What do the untidy people of the 11 May 1905 world do in life?

4. What happens one minute before the end of the world?

5. Describe how the world is described in the 19 April 1905 dream.

6. Explain the meeting between the two couples in the 4 May 1905 dream.

7. Describe the people who live by "mechanical time."

8. What effect does height have in the 26 April 1905 dream?

9. Why does Besso think that Einstein is capable of anything?

10. Why does Besso believe that there are problems with Einstein's reasoning behind his creation of a theory of time?

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