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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 do all of the people who have gathered together one minute before the end of the world do?
(a) Lay down in family groups and hold each other.
(b) Look to the sky and sing.
(c) Form a circle and hold hands.
(d) Kneel and pray.

2. Where are Einstein and Besso walking in the "Interlude?"
(a) On Speichergasse.
(b) Near the Aase.
(c) On the square.
(d) On the Kierstach.

3. How old is Einstein in the novel?
(a) 26.
(b) 28.
(c) 25.
(d) 27.

4. According to the narrator, what is the room full of?
(a) Dreams and desires.
(b) Too many hopes to account for.
(c) Fluttering beliefs of accomplishment.
(d) Practical ideas.

5. According to the "8 May 1905" dream, what is the date the world will end?
(a) 9 June 1905.
(b) 9 May 1906.
(c) 26 September 1907.
(d) 12 December 2012.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month is the Prologue set?

2. According to the narrator, what are people in a world of only one day?

3. On the last day of the world, who are the people with the unnatural smiles?

4. What happens one month before the end of the world?

5. In the "10 May 1905" dream, why is one man sitting at a table weeping uncontrollably?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the end of the 26 April 1905 dream, what are the negative effects of living in the mountains?

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

3. According to the first Interlude, why is Besso worried about Einstein?

4. Why is there no communication between people of the present and people from the future? (16 April 1905)

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

6. What happens every day for the townspeople of Berne? (28 April 1905)

7. What effect does height have in the 26 April 1905 dream?

8. Describe the people who live by "mechanical time."

9. What are the benefits of a world in which time is absolute?

10. What happens one month before the world ends?

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