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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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) Through sight alone.
(d) As though looking through the same camera for all inhabitants.

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

6. 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 quantity and not a quality.
(d) A sole existence.

7. What actions of Einstein's surprised Besso when he looked like Einstein does now?
(a) When Einstein came to Besso's home to care for him.
(b) Einstein took Besso into his home and cared for him for a month.
(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. What animal are people who heed time compared to in the 3 June 1905 dream?
(a) Birds.
(b) Bears.
(c) Elephants.
(d) Cats.

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

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

11. What is time, in the "17 June 1905" dream, described as?
(a) A stretch of nerve fibers.
(b) A congested interstate.
(c) A length of braided rope.
(d) A stretch of veins in the human body.

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

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

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

15. According to the "29 May 1905" dream, why does this world exist as it does?
(a) Time passes more slowly for those in distress.
(b) Time passes more slowly for those in motion.
(c) Time passes more slowly for those who keep order.
(d) Time passes in slow motion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What invention preceded the notice of the "speed effect"?

2. What is the narrator's explanation of such a short life in the "3 June 1905" dream?

3. According to the narrator, in the world described in the "22 May 1905" dream, what happens to people who have not had "their vision"?

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

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

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