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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Besso remember looking like Einstein as he is now (second Interlude)?
(a) When Besso's wife was diagnosed with a fatal illness.
(b) When Besso found out he was losing his job.
(c) When Besso's son died.
(d) When Besso's father died.

2. According to the "3 June 1905" dream, what is a life planned by?
(a) Age.
(b) Time.
(c) Dark.
(d) Light.

3. For people in the world described in the "20 May 1905" dream, what does each one carry?
(a) Their own personal Book of Life.
(b) A cross to ward off evil.
(c) Personal cameras to record their visits.
(d) Their own record of sins.

4. What happens to the woman described in the "2 June 1905" dream?
(a) She grows younger rapidly from old woman to young woman in less than a week.
(b) She grows younger but with significantly devastating side effects.
(c) She grows younger.
(d) She awakens each day not knowing how old she will be.

5. What do all of the people of the world described in the "9 June 1905" dream have in common?
(a) An infinite list of relatives.
(b) A long list of misdeeds.
(c) A lifetime to complete their goals.
(d) A mastering of time.

6. How can Besso tell that Einstein is making progress on his theory?
(a) The erratic way Einstein's hair is jutting out in all directions.
(b) The dark circles under Einstein's eyes.
(c) The way that Einstein's eye look glassed over.
(d) The fact that Einstein has not changed clothes in three days.

7. According to the narrator in the "22 May 1905" dream, a world that gives brief scenes from the future, what kinds of risks do people take?
(a) None at all.
(b) Everything a person does is a risk.
(c) Few.
(d) Only the risks that concern their children.

8. According to the narrator, in the world described in the "22 May 1905" dream, what happens to people who have had "their vision"?
(a) Their world is one of guaranteed success.
(b) Their world is fragmented.
(c) Their world is one of constant failures.
(d) Their world is one of uncompleted plans.

9. How is the population of the cities in the "9 June 1905" dreams split?
(a) In three: The Laters, the Nows, the Intentionals.
(b) In four: The Laters, the Nows, the Nevers, and the Always.
(c) In three: The Laters, the Nows, and the Nevers.
(d) In two: The Laters and the Nows.

10. According to the "20 May 1905 dream, what must people do at the end of the day?
(a) Pray.
(b) Call their loved ones to come get them.
(c) Follow a path created by string to find their way home.
(d) Consult an address book to learn where they live.

11. How do the Laters walk and dress?
(a) The Laters walk hurriedly so as to not be accosted into doing something now and they wear robes.
(b) The Laters walk when they have to only and wear bed-clothes at all times.
(c) The Laters walk absentmindedly and wear long dress like clothing.
(d) The Laters walk with an easy gait and dress in loose fitting clothes.

12. Who is the author of the paper that Einstein left on Besso's desk?
(a) Lorentz.
(b) Maxwell.
(c) Zeeman.
(d) Kaiser.

13. What is the paper on that Einstein set on Besso's desk (as told in the second Interlude)?
(a) Transformation equations.
(b) Electrodynamics.
(c) Relativity.
(d) Electromagnetics.

14. Where does Besso invite Einstein to come to at the close of the second Interlude?
(a) To dinner at the Basin Park Hotel.
(b) To the Ristorante Cooperativo for dinner.
(c) To the Colombia Restaurant for dinner.
(d) To dinner at Besso's home.

15. What is the narrator's explanation of such a short life in the "3 June 1905" dream?
(a) That the Earth is farther out in the solar system (like Neptune).
(b) That the earth spins forward only halfway through a full revolution and then moves backward to the starting point.
(c) That a person's heart beats so slowly and powerfully that the heart wears out quickly.
(d) The earth spins so slowly that it takes a whole life time to complete one revolution.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator want readers to "suppose" time is in the "10 June 1905" dream?

2. What time of the day is it at the beginning of the second Interlude?

3. In the "15 June 1905" dream, how many years in the future does the young woman go?

4. What does the middle-aged man in the "2 June 1905" dream hope to know about that no one else has ever known?

5. What does the narrator want readers to "suppose" in the "9 June 1905" dream?

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