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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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) A mastering of time.
(c) A long list of misdeeds.
(d) An infinite list of relatives.

5. What is wrong with the people who live in the world described in the "20 May 1905" dream?
(a) They have no memories.
(b) They have no future.
(c) They have no hope.
(d) They have no dreams.

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

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

8. What does the woman in the "2 June 1905" dream begin teaching?
(a) Anthropology.
(b) Science.
(c) Literature.
(d) History.

9. What does the narrator want readers to "suppose" time is in the "10 June 1905" dream?
(a) A measurement.
(b) A quality and not a quantity.
(c) A sole existence.
(d) A quantity and not a quality.

10. Who is carried into the woman's home (in the "2 June 1905" dream)?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her grandmother.

11. What is happening in the young woman's house in the "15 June 1905" dream?
(a) Her home is on fire.
(b) She is having an argument with her boyfriend.
(c) Her parents are fighting.
(d) Her home is being robbed.

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

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

14. How does time move in the world described in the 2 June 1905 dream?
(a) Backward.
(b) Backwards with exceptions.
(c) Backwards with no consciousness by those growing younger.
(d) Backwards with spurts of forward movement.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the "17 June 1905" dream, why does the young man tell his lover that he cannot see her again?

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

3. In the "15 June 1905" dream, what is the young woman staring at?

4. How long ago, in the "17 June 1905" dream, did the lovers meet?

5. What does the middle-aged man receive during the "2 June 1905" dream?

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