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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does the narrator want readers to imagine in the "3 June 1905" dream?
(a) That people live for only 36 hours.
(b) That people live for only 2 days.
(c) That people live only one day.
(d) That people live for only 12 hours.

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

5. In the "15 June 1905" dream, what is the young woman staring at?
(a) A photograph of a swing in her yard.
(b) A photograph of her dog.
(c) A photograph of her boyfriend.
(d) A photograph of her as a child.

6. How do the clouds appear, in the "17 June 1905" dream, after a gap in time?
(a) Exactly the same.
(b) Gone completely.
(c) Moved, but not really enough to notice.
(d) Moved and, therefore, confusing for inhabitants.

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

8. 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.

9. In the "15 June 1905 dream," where is the young woman at the end of the dream?
(a) In her husband's home.
(b) In a nursing home.
(c) In her parent's home.
(d) In her bed.

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

11. What is the young woman staring at in the end of the "15 June 1905" dream?"
(a) A photo of her getting married.
(b) A photo of her as a child.
(c) A photo of her daughter as a child.
(d) A photo of her with her newborn child.

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

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

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

15. In the "17 June 1905" dream, why is the baker yelling at a woman?
(a) She is his lover and they are arguing.
(b) She is late for work.
(c) She is not making her regular pick-ups on time.
(d) She has not paid her bill.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is the young woman, in the "15 June 190" dream, when she finally stops her travel into the future?

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

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

4. Where does Besso invite Einstein to come to at the close of the second Interlude?

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

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