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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the European Union of 1979 depend upon?
(a) Hans Klausen's birth.
(b) The marriage of Franz Kipperten and Penelope Marden.
(c) The meeting of Fredderik Strauss and Ivan Tauchnik.
(d) The death of Sanze Kinterton.

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

3. How many times do the St. Vincent's Cathedral bells chime at the end of the 24 April 1905 dream?
(a) Ten.
(b) Eleven.
(c) Twice.
(d) Nine.

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

5. How old is Einstein in the novel?
(a) 27.
(b) 28.
(c) 26.
(d) 25.

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

7. According to the narrator, what is the room full of?
(a) Practical ideas.
(b) Fluttering beliefs of accomplishment.
(c) Dreams and desires.
(d) Too many hopes to account for.

8. What is the last image readers are left with at the end of the "15 May 1905" dream?
(a) A book lying on a table.
(b) A broken watch.
(c) A clock with pendulum stuck mid-swing.
(d) A yellow brush.

9. According to the narrator, why do people wear watches?
(a) As weight for balance.
(b) As reminders.
(c) As ornaments.
(d) As time keepers.

10. What did Einstein's theory of time begin as?
(a) An investigation of Socrates' theories.
(b) An investigation of electricity and magnetism.
(c) An investigation of survival of the fittest.
(d) An investigation of Plato's theories.

11. What happens one month before the end of the world?
(a) Cities will be shut down and people will move to the country.
(b) Governments will shut down and martial law will take over.
(c) Families will gather to spend the last month together.
(d) Businesses will close.

12. According to the narrator in the "28 April 1905" dream, what is visible in all places?
(a) The future.
(b) Time.
(c) Mistakes.
(d) The past.

13. In the Prologue, how many times does the clock tower chime?
(a) Seven.
(b) Five.
(c) Six.
(d) Four.

14. Where does the man in the leather jacket work at in Berne?
(a) A bank.
(b) A pharmaceutical.
(c) A tavern.
(d) A brasserie.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What month is it in the "19 April 1905" dream?

4. How many dimensions does the man in the leather coat live in simultaneously?

5. One day before the end of the world, how are the streets described?

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