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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is time described in the "17 June 1905" dream?
(a) As discontinuous.
(b) As continuous.
(c) As flashes.
(d) As explosive.

2. In the second Interlude, what is the first dialogue between Besso and Einstein that the reader comes across?
(a) Besso asking Einstein how his theory is going.
(b) Besso telling Einstein he does not look well.
(c) Besso asking Einstein if he is ill.
(d) Besso telling Einstein that he needs to see a doctor.

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

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

5. 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 inevitable failures.
(d) Their world is one of constant success.

6. What does Einstein ask Besso for during the third Interlude?
(a) A coat.
(b) A cracker.
(c) A blanket.
(d) A sandwich.

7. In the third Interlude, where are Einstein and Besso?
(a) In a fishing boat.
(b) In the mountains.
(c) At Besso's home.
(d) At Einstein's home.

8. In the "15 June 1905" dream, how many years in the future does the young woman go?
(a) 15.
(b) 20.
(c) 5.
(d) 10.

9. Why does the man at the graveside ("2 June 1905" dream) not weep for his friend?
(a) His friend will be with him again given that time moves backward in this world.
(b) The man believes in a second life better than the first.
(c) The man has no tears left given his friend has had a very long sickness leading up to his death.
(d) His friend lived a very good life and he refuses to mourn him.

10. What does the narrator want readers to "suppose" in the "9 June 1905" dream?
(a) That people live forever.
(b) That life exists in several dimensions at the same time.
(c) That people die only after they have achieved their dreams.
(d) That time exists in a vacuum.

11. What time of the day is it at the beginning of the second Interlude?
(a) Late evening.
(b) Early morning.
(c) Noon.
(d) Mid-day.

12. Where are Besso and Einstein sitting in the second Interlude?
(a) A bookstore.
(b) A cafe.
(c) A brasserie.
(d) Besso's home.

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

14. In the third Interlude, what does Besso say that he sees in the clouds?
(a) A dog chasing a child.
(b) A goat chasing a man.
(c) A dog chasing a rabbit.
(d) A man on a horse.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, in the world described in the "22 May 1905" dream, what happens to people who have had "their vision"?

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

3. Who is carried into the woman's home (in the "2 June 1905" dream)?

4. In the "11 June 1905" dream, what is the last thought that the young man has?

5. What is wrong with the people who live in the world described in the "20 May 1905" dream?

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