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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. Why is the woman, hiding at no. 22 Kamgasse, crouching in the shadows?
(a) She has been assaulted and does not know whom to trust.
(b) She is not sure where she is.
(c) She is afraid of being attacked.
(d) She is afraid of kicking up dust.

2. How does time move in the "14 May 1905" dream?
(a) Inward in spirals, exploding at the center.
(b) Outward in concentric circles, at rest at the center.
(c) Outward in spirals, at rest in the center.
(d) Inward in concentric circles, exploding at the center.

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

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

5. What does the narrator want readers to suppose time is?
(a) An arc.
(b) A circle.
(c) A sphere.
(d) An ellipse.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, without commitment there is what?

2. According to the "4 May 1905" dream, "If time and the passage of events are the same" what happens to time?

3. What is time compared to in the "16 April 1905" dream?

4. According to the narrator, what did scientists discover in the past?

5. Who is the woman saying goodbye to in the hospital on Gerberngasse?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What happens one minute before the end of the world?

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

9. What are the benefits of living in a world in which cause and effect are erratic?

10. What happens when there is only one day until the end of the world?

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