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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What rushes forward to envelope the people in the last seconds before the world ends?
(a) Flood waters.
(b) Darkness.
(c) Winds.
(d) Snow.

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

4. What does the narrator say about a world with no time?
(a) The world forgets how to function.
(b) Without time the world fails to progress at a natural pace.
(c) There is no life without time.
(d) People take too much for granted.

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

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

7. 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) Imagination.
(d) Peace.

8. How many pages is the young man's theory of time?
(a) Thirty.
(b) Fifty.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Forty.

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

10. Where do all of the people gather one minute before the end of the world?
(a) On the Kunst museum grounds.
(b) In the water of the Aare.
(c) On the grounds of their churches.
(d) In the square.

11. At what time do the people of Berne convene at Kramgasse?
(a) At two minutes to two.
(b) At four minutes to three.
(c) At seven minutes to five.
(d) At three minutes to four.

12. To what does the Zytgloggeturm pay tribute?
(a) The infinite.
(b) Time.
(c) The future.
(d) The past.

13. According to the narrator, without commitment there is what?
(a) Hate.
(b) Upheaval.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Chaos.

14. According to the narrator, what is a world with one month a world of?
(a) Peace.
(b) War.
(c) Imbalance.
(d) Equality.

15. Why is the woman in the linen shop on Amthausgasse?
(a) To talk to her friend about losing her job.
(b) To talk to her friend about a project that is coming due.
(c) To purchase linens for a funeral.
(d) To purchase linens for her daughter's wedding.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does a traveler from the future talk?

2. According to the narrator, what do parents treasure given they think they may not witness it again?

3. While walking with Einstein, during the Interlude, what does Besso wonder about?

4. What is curious about the town in the "10 May 1905" dream?

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

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