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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is the narrator's explanation of such a short life in the "3 June 1905" dream?
(a) That the Earth is farther out in the solar system (like Neptune).
(b) That the earth spins forward only halfway through a full revolution and then moves backward to the starting point.
(c) The earth spins so slowly that it takes a whole life time to complete one revolution.
(d) That a person's heart beats so slowly and powerfully that the heart wears out quickly.

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

7. Why do some people, in the world described in the "29 May 1905" dream, refuse to look out their windows?
(a) Because they live in complete solitude and what no interference.
(b) Because they are afraid that others are moving slower than they are.
(c) Because they are mad that others are traveling faster than they are.
(d) Because they are afraid to look upon the clock tower on Kramgasse.

8. Where are Besso and Einstein sitting in the second Interlude?
(a) A cafe.
(b) A bookstore.
(c) Besso's home.
(d) A brasserie.

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

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

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

12. In the "2 June 1905" dream, how does the story of the woman end?
(a) The "woman" in her mother's womb.
(b) The "woman" at her graduation from gymnasium.
(c) The "woman" at her birth.
(d) The "woman" nursing.

13. In the second Interlude, what is the first dialogue between Besso and Einstein that the reader comes across?
(a) Besso asking Einstein how his theory is going.
(b) Besso telling Einstein he does not look well.
(c) Besso asking Einstein if he is ill.
(d) Besso telling Einstein that he needs to see a doctor.

14. What does the narrator want readers to "suppose" time is in the "10 June 1905" dream?
(a) A sole existence.
(b) A measurement.
(c) A quantity and not a quality.
(d) A quality and not a quantity.

15. What does the middle-aged man in the "2 June 1905" dream hope to know about that no one else has ever known?
(a) Relativity.
(b) Laws of Time.
(c) Nature.
(d) Facts about light.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal are people who heed time compared to in the 3 June 1905 dream?

2. What is the young woman staring at in the end of the "15 June 1905" dream?"

3. How can Besso tell that Einstein is making progress on his theory?

4. What is the paper on that Einstein set on Besso's desk (as told in the second Interlude)?

5. According to the "5 June 1905" dream, how does this world seem?

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