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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. In the "11 June 1905" dream, imagining the _____________ is no more possible than seeing colors beyond _______________.
(a) Future/Red.
(b) Future/ Violet.
(c) Present/Black.
(d) Present/Blue.

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

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

7. 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 inevitable failures.
(b) Their world is one of inactive suspense.
(c) Their world is one of constant reminders of deeds gone wrong.
(d) Their world is one of constant success.

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

9. 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.

10. Where does Besso invite Einstein to come to at the close of the second Interlude?
(a) To dinner at the Basin Park Hotel.
(b) To the Colombia Restaurant for dinner.
(c) To the Ristorante Cooperativo for dinner.
(d) To dinner at Besso's home.

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

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

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

14. Where is Einstein looking as the second Interlude comes to a close?
(a) Towards Aare.
(b) Into space.
(c) Towards the town clock.
(d) Towards the Bernese Alps.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the world described in the "15 June 1905" dream?

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

3. According to Besso, what does Einstein live without?

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

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

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