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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 Swiss journal of physics.
(b) The European journal of physics.
(c) The American journal of physics.
(d) The German journal of physics.

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does the narrator say people transported to the past fear?
(a) Making the same mistakes they made in the "future."
(b) Nothing. They are not aware of the time transfer.
(c) They fear not knowing how to act.
(d) A change they make in the past could affect the future.

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

10. According to the "4 May 1905" dream, "If time and the passage of events are the same" what happens to time?
(a) People move very fast.
(b) People barely move at all.
(c) Time moves very fast.
(d) Time barely moves at all.

11. According to the "8 May 1905" dream, what is the date the world will end?
(a) 12 December 2012.
(b) 9 May 1906.
(c) 26 September 1907.
(d) 9 June 1905.

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

13. What does the narrator want readers to consider in the "3 May 1905" dream?
(a) A world in which cause and effect are erratic.
(b) A world in which cause and effect balance.
(c) A world in which life and death do not balance.
(d) A world in which life and death balance.

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

15. According to the "14 May 1905" dream, who makes pilgrimages to the center of time?
(a) Parents with their children and lovers.
(b) Everyone at least once in his or her life.
(c) Only newlyweds.
(d) Those close to death.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does the Zytgloggeturm pay tribute?

2. What is the name of Einstein's wife?

3. According to the narrator, why do "cursed citizens wrestle with their bedsheets"?

4. What month does the Swiss and English couple meet to vacation together?

5. On the last day of the world, who are the people with the unnatural smiles?

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