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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Einstein ask Besso for during the third Interlude?
(a) A sandwich.
(b) A coat.
(c) A blanket.
(d) A cracker.
2. What are gaps described as in this world's time, the "17 June 1905" dream?
(a) So noticeable that people are confused.
(b) Somewhat noticeable that people make small readjustments and continue.
(c) Imperceptible.
(d) So overly noticeable that some people go insane.
3. 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.
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 mastering of time.
(c) A long list of misdeeds.
(d) A lifetime to complete their goals.
5. How old is the young woman, in the "15 June 190" dream, when she finally stops her travel into the future?
(a) 40.
(b) 50.
(c) 45.
(d) 55.
6. What does the narrator want readers to "suppose" time is in the "10 June 1905" dream?
(a) A measurement.
(b) A quantity and not a quality.
(c) A sole existence.
(d) A quality and not a quantity.
7. 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) Personal cameras to record their visits.
(d) A cross to ward off evil.
8. What actions of Einstein's surprised Besso when he looked like Einstein does now?
(a) Einstein took Besso into his home and cared for him for a month.
(b) When Einstein quit his own job to care for Besso.
(c) When Einstein came to Besso's home to care for him.
(d) When Einstein took a leave from work to travel with Besso on a personal health vacation.
9. In the "15 June 1905" dream, what is the young woman staring at?
(a) A photograph of her dog.
(b) A photograph of her boyfriend.
(c) A photograph of her as a child.
(d) A photograph of a swing in her yard.
10. In the "2 June 1905" dream, how does the story of the woman end?
(a) The "woman" nursing.
(b) The "woman" in her mother's womb.
(c) The "woman" at her graduation from gymnasium.
(d) The "woman" at her birth.
11. According to the "5 June 1905" dream, how does this world seem?
(a) Common.
(b) Homogeneous.
(c) Blinding.
(d) Erratic.
12. What does the narrator want readers to imagine in the "3 June 1905" dream?
(a) That people live only one day.
(b) That people live for only 36 hours.
(c) That people live for only 2 days.
(d) That people live for only 12 hours.
13. 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.
14. How does the narrator describe births, marriages, and deaths in the 15 June 1905 dream?
(a) Doors to choose to enter.
(b) Signposts in time.
(c) Insignificant happenings.
(d) Overly significant happenings.
15. In the world described in the "3 June 1905" dream, how do people learn about the seasons?
(a) Through pictures.
(b) Through notes from the dead.
(c) Through museums.
(d) From books.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the paper on that Einstein set on Besso's desk (as told in the second Interlude)?
2. According to the "3 June 1905" dream, what is a life planned by?
3. How is the population of the cities in the "9 June 1905" dreams split?
4. What is happening in the young woman's house in the "15 June 1905" dream?
5. Why does the young man choose to return to his proper place in time rather than staying a few minutes in the future in the "15 June 1905" dream?
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