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

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

3. In the world described in the "11 May 1905" dream, what does the passage of time bring?
(a) Increasing order.
(b) Decreasing anxiety.
(c) Increasing anxiety.
(d) Decreasing order.

4. On the last day of the world, who are the people with the unnatural smiles?
(a) Those who do not think the world is going to end.
(b) Those who have not yet atoned for their sins.
(c) Those who are stealing.
(d) Those who are attempting to correct misdeeds.

5. How many pages is the young man's theory of time?
(a) Thirty.
(b) Forty.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Twenty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the terrace of the Bundesterrasse have a striking view?

2. What happens to time in the "14 May 1905" dream?

3. What does the narrator want readers to suppose time is?

4. According to the narrator, what do people who have been transported back in time wear?

5. According to the "14 May 1905" dream, who makes pilgrimages to the center of time?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. For the world described in the 11 May 1905 dream, describe the differences between the past and the future.

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

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

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

6. Why does Besso believe that there are problems with Einstein's reasoning behind his creation of a theory of time?

7. What is the problem living life within the confines of solitary moments? (14 April 1905)

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

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

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

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