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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is time compared to in the "16 April 1905" dream?
(a) A dream.
(b) A cocoon.
(c) A flow of water.
(d) A tree with leaves turning due to fall.

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

4. Who is the woman saying goodbye to in the hospital on Gerberngasse?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her child.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her husband.

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

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

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

8. What is the name of the woman with the brocade in her hair?
(a) Francis.
(b) Bridget.
(c) Suzanne.
(d) Josephine.

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

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

11. What is the name of Einstein's wife?
(a) Gulla.
(b) Marit.
(c) Karin.
(d) Mileva.

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

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

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

15. According to the narrator, what is the physical body?
(a) A thing to be ordered, not obeyed.
(b) A thing to be obeyed, not ordered.
(c) A mass of organisms that pull in only one direction.
(d) A mass of organisms that pull in different directions at all times.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the woman in the linen shop on Amthausgasse?

2. In the "10 May 1905" dream, why is one man sitting at a table weeping uncontrollably?

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

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

5. Finish the following line: "A world in which time is absolute is a world of ____________."

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