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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the tragedy of the world described in the "10 May 1905" dream?
(a) Everyone is sick.
(b) No one can help but sin.
(c) Everyone is dying.
(d) No one is happy.

2. What is curious about the town in the "10 May 1905" dream?
(a) The town exists two centuries in the past.
(b) The town is split in two and exists as a repetition of each other.
(c) The town exists one century in the past.
(d) The town exists in three different time periods.

3. Who has Besso received a letter from announcing a visit?
(a) His father.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His sister.
(d) His brother.

4. What happens to time in the "14 May 1905" dream?
(a) Time stands still.
(b) Time is sped up.
(c) Time moves slowly.
(d) Time is set in a constant loop.

5. According to the narrator, people in their correct time period do not make contact with those from the future. How are those from the future looked at?
(a) They are pitied.
(b) They are immortalized.
(c) They are honored.
(d) They are feared.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Basso and Einstein meet?

2. What is the woman in the shadows waiting for?

3. What is the man on the fourth floor balcony looking down at?

4. What do all of the people who have gathered together one minute before the end of the world do?

5. According to the narrator, what did "just as things will be repeated in the future, all things now happening" do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain what the following statement means: Each time is true, but the truths are not the same.

2. Why are some people unhappy in the world where time exists as a circle?

3. Why does Besso think that Einstein is capable of anything?

4. How does Einstein's desk differ from the others in the patent office?

5. What do the untidy people of the 11 May 1905 world do in life?

6. Describe the people who live by "bodily time."

7. Explain the meeting between the two couples in the 4 May 1905 dream.

8. How can one identify people who have been transported back in time? (16 April 1905)

9. Why do schools close one year before the end of the world?

10. Describe how the world is described in the 19 April 1905 dream.

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