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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What invention preceded the notice of the "speed effect"?
(a) Da Vinci's invention of the parachute.
(b) The Wright Brothers' invention of the first engine plane.
(c) The invention of the internal combustion engine.
(d) Newton's invention of the laws of universal gravitation and motion.

2. What does the middle-aged man receive during the "2 June 1905" dream?
(a) A Nobel Prize for literature.
(b) A Humanitarian Award.
(c) The Georg Büchner Prize.
(d) A Nobel Prize for physics.

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

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

5. According to the "29 May 1905" dream, how does the world exist?
(a) In slow motion.
(b) In a state of distress.
(c) In a state of constant order.
(d) In constant motion.

6. What month is it, in the "15 June 1905" dream, for the young man in the polytechnic in Zurich?
(a) June.
(b) July.
(c) October.
(d) December.

7. What are gaps described as in this world's time, the "17 June 1905" dream?
(a) Imperceptible.
(b) So overly noticeable that some people go insane.
(c) So noticeable that people are confused.
(d) Somewhat noticeable that people make small readjustments and continue.

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

9. How is the world described in the "15 June 1905" dream?
(a) Time is a visible dimension.
(b) Time is negotiable.
(c) Time is oblivious to all inhabitants.
(d) Time is reversible.

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

11. 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 grimaces.
(b) Due to a gap in time, she lets on tear fall.
(c) Due to a gap in time, she hesitates.
(d) Due to a gap in time, she frowns.

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

13. What does the middle-aged man in the "2 June 1905" dream hope to know about that no one else has ever known?
(a) Facts about light.
(b) Laws of Time.
(c) Nature.
(d) Relativity.

14. What can a person see from the cafe on the corner of Kramagasse and Theaterplatz?
(a) The Aare.
(b) The whole city of Berne.
(c) The Bernese Alps.
(d) The Zahringer Fountain.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Besso and Einstein sitting in the second Interlude?

2. How is the population of the cities in the "9 June 1905" dreams split?

3. What have those who live in the world of the "9 June 1905" dream determined is the only way to live?

4. In the world described in the "3 June 1905" dream, how do people learn about the seasons?

5. In the "17 June 1905" dream, why is the baker yelling at a woman?

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