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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator, what did scientists discover in the past?
(a) That time has "blips" that stop all things living.
(b) That time moves slower the farther one is from the center of the earth.
(c) That time never forgets its past.
(d) That time moves faster the farther one is from the center of the earth.

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

3. According to the narrator, what are people in a world of only one day?
(a) Saddened.
(b) Accepting.
(c) Excited.
(d) Equal.

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

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

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

7. What is the name of Basso's wife?
(a) Viveka.
(b) Svea.
(c) Freja.
(d) Anna.

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

9. What does the narrator want readers to suppose time is?
(a) An ellipse.
(b) A sphere.
(c) A circle.
(d) An arc.

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

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

12. On the last day of the world, who are the people with the unnatural smiles?
(a) Those who are attempting to correct misdeeds.
(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 stealing.

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

14. Why is the woman, hiding at no. 22 Kamgasse, crouching in the shadows?
(a) She is afraid of kicking up dust.
(b) She is not sure where she is.
(c) She has been assaulted and does not know whom to trust.
(d) She is afraid of being attacked.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, people in their correct time period do not make contact with those from the future. How are those from the future looked at?

2. According to the narrator in the "28 April 1905" dream, what is visible in all places?

3. What kind of person does Besso think Einstein is?

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

5. If a person holds no ambitions in the world described in the "4 May 1905" dream, what happens to him?

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