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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the "17 June 1905" dream, why does the young man tell his lover that he cannot see her again?
(a) Due to a gap in time, she frowns.
(b) Due to a gap in time, she hesitates.
(c) Due to a gap in time, she lets on tear fall.
(d) Due to a gap in time, she grimaces.

2. Why do some people, in the world described in the "29 May 1905" dream, refuse to look out their windows?
(a) Because they are afraid to look upon the clock tower on Kramgasse.
(b) Because they are afraid that others are moving slower than they are.
(c) Because they are mad that others are traveling faster than they are.
(d) Because they live in complete solitude and what no interference.

3. In the "11 June 1905" dream, what is the last thought that the young man has?
(a) That the world ends in cloudy skies.
(b) That the world ends in sunlight.
(c) That the world ends in darkness.
(d) That the world ends in rain.

4. According to the narrator, in the world described in the "22 May 1905" dream, what happens to people who have not had "their vision"?
(a) Their world is one of inactive suspense.
(b) Their world is one of constant reminders of deeds gone wrong.
(c) Their world is one of constant success.
(d) Their world is one of inevitable failures.

5. How does the narrator describe births, marriages, and deaths in the 15 June 1905 dream?
(a) Overly significant happenings.
(b) Doors to choose to enter.
(c) Insignificant happenings.
(d) Signposts in time.

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

7. What actions of Einstein's surprised Besso when he looked like Einstein does now?
(a) Einstein took Besso into his home and cared for him for a month.
(b) When Einstein came to Besso's home to care for him.
(c) When Einstein took a leave from work to travel with Besso on a personal health vacation.
(d) When Einstein quit his own job to care for Besso.

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

9. In the "2 June 1905" dream, how does the story of the woman end?
(a) The "woman" in her mother's womb.
(b) The "woman" at her graduation from gymnasium.
(c) The "woman" nursing.
(d) The "woman" at her birth.

10. According to the narrator, the world described in the "11 June 1905" dream, is a world without what?
(a) A present.
(b) A past.
(c) A future.
(d) A hope.

11. What have those who live in the world of the "9 June 1905" dream determined is the only way to live?
(a) To die.
(b) To do as much as they can, as soon as they can.
(c) To ignore all others advice.
(d) To ask all others of their advice.

12. According to the "22 May 1905" dream, how does time flow in the world described?
(a) In alternating phases of fast and slow.
(b) Unevenly and fitfully.
(c) In accelerating spurts.
(d) Smoothly and consistently.

13. What is Einstein eating in the second Interlude?
(a) Sweet potato croquettes.
(b) Cottolene.
(c) Crackers.
(d) Banbury tarts.

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

15. How is the world actually seen by its residents in the "5 June 1905" dream?
(a) Through different lenses by different people.
(b) Through the senses.
(c) As though looking through the same camera for all inhabitants.
(d) Through sight alone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is responsible for discovering the "speed effect?"

2. What does the woman in the "2 June 1905" dream begin teaching?

3. Who is the author of the paper that Einstein left on Besso's desk?

4. What can a person see from the cafe on the corner of Kramagasse and Theaterplatz?

5. According to the "5 June 1905" dream, how does this world seem?

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