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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 is not making her regular pick-ups on time.
(d) She has not paid her bill.

2. 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 as a child.
(c) A photograph of her dog.
(d) A photograph of her boyfriend.

3. What is the paper on that Einstein set on Besso's desk (as told in the second Interlude)?
(a) Transformation equations.
(b) Relativity.
(c) Electrodynamics.
(d) Electromagnetics.

4. 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 long list of misdeeds.
(c) A lifetime to complete their goals.
(d) A mastering of time.

5. For people in the world described in the "20 May 1905" dream, what does each one carry?
(a) Their own record of sins.
(b) Their own personal Book of Life.
(c) A cross to ward off evil.
(d) Personal cameras to record their visits.

6. Who is the author of the paper that Einstein left on Besso's desk?
(a) Zeeman.
(b) Maxwell.
(c) Lorentz.
(d) Kaiser.

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

8. When does Besso remember looking like Einstein as he is now (second Interlude)?
(a) When Besso found out he was losing his job.
(b) When Besso's son died.
(c) When Besso's wife was diagnosed with a fatal illness.
(d) When Besso's father died.

9. According to the dream on 3 June 1905, what is life a brief movement of?
(a) Arms and legs.
(b) Shadows.
(c) A snowflake.
(d) A clock hand.

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

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

12. 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 sight alone.
(d) Through the senses.

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

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

15. What animal are people who heed time compared to in the 3 June 1905 dream?
(a) Cats.
(b) Elephants.
(c) Birds.
(d) Bears.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What happens to the people in the world, described in the "10 June 1905" dream, who attempt to quantify time?

4. What does the woman in the "2 June 1905" dream begin teaching?

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

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