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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the young man's theory of time to be mailed?
(a) The German journal of physics.
(b) The European journal of physics.
(c) The Swiss journal of physics.
(d) The American journal of physics.

2. What is curious about the town in the "10 May 1905" dream?
(a) The town exists in three different time periods.
(b) The town exists two centuries in the past.
(c) The town exists one century in the past.
(d) The town is split in two and exists as a repetition of each other.

3. What song is the young man humming as he waits for the typist to come into the office?
(a) Beethoven's "Fur Elise."
(b) Beethoven's "Fantasy in G."
(c) Beethoven's "The Creatures of Prometheus."
(d) Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata."

4. Why does Einstein sneak away from his wife in the middle of the night?
(a) To work on equations.
(b) To drink with Besso.
(c) To meet a mistress.
(d) To walk in solitude.

5. If a person holds no ambitions in the world described in the "4 May 1905" dream, what happens to him?
(a) He suffers knowingly.
(b) He lives life in poverty.
(c) He suffers unknowingly.
(d) He lives life in wealth.

6. Why will schools close a year before the end of the world?
(a) Because schools were to be used as relief centers.
(b) Because there will be no need to learn with the end so close.
(c) Because "end of the world" vacations needed to be taken.
(d) Because families want time to spend together.

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

8. What is the man on the fourth floor balcony looking down at?
(a) A dog looking for food.
(b) A red hat.
(c) A blue coat.
(d) A child playing in the street.

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

10. What month is it in the "19 April 1905" dream?
(a) October.
(b) April.
(c) November.
(d) January.

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

12. Where is Besso's visitor from?
(a) Venice.
(b) Rome.
(c) Prague.
(d) Paris.

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

14. How many dimensions does the man in the leather coat live in simultaneously?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

15. According to the narrator, why do "cursed citizens wrestle with their bedsheets"?
(a) Because they feel torn by time.
(b) Because they have sinned.
(c) Because their lives are in shambles.
(d) Because their mistakes will be repeated.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the "8 May 1905" dream, what is the date the world will end?

2. How does a traveler from the future talk?

3. What do those of religious faith see time as evidence of?

4. In the world described in the "11 May 1905" dream, what happens in the springtime?

5. According to the narrator, why do people wear watches?

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