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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 no consciousness by those growing younger.
(b) Backward.
(c) Backwards with spurts of forward movement.
(d) Backwards with exceptions.

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

3. According to the "20 May 1905 dream, what must people do at the end of the day?
(a) Follow a path created by string to find their way home.
(b) Pray.
(c) Consult an address book to learn where they live.
(d) Call their loved ones to come get them.

4. What happens to the people in the world, described in the "10 June 1905" dream, who attempt to quantify time?
(a) They turn to ice.
(b) They turn to stone.
(c) They leave to find a place where they can quantify time.
(d) They are banished into other "worlds."

5. In the world described in the "3 June 1905" dream, how do people learn about the seasons?
(a) Through museums.
(b) Through pictures.
(c) Through notes from the dead.
(d) From books.

6. Who is responsible for discovering the "speed effect?"
(a) Sir Handel Moritz of Bern.
(b) Mr. Randolph Whig of Surrey.
(c) Mr. Alan Mulhouse of Massac.
(d) Sir Archibald Barrett of Munich.

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

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

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

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

11. 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 in slow motion.
(c) Time passes more slowly for those who keep order.
(d) Time passes more slowly for those in motion.

12. 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.

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

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

15. 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?
(a) The future contains a death he is not ready for.
(b) The future brings bad news regarding his doctorate.
(c) The future is cold and uncertain.
(d) The future is too warm.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Besso remember looking like Einstein as he is now (second Interlude)?

2. How long ago, in the "17 June 1905" dream, did the lovers meet?

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

4. Why do some people, in the world described in the "29 May 1905" dream, refuse to look out their windows?

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

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