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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. To what does the Zytgloggeturm pay tribute?
(a) Time.
(b) The infinite.
(c) The future.
(d) The past.

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

3. According to the "14 May 1905" dream, why do children who have left the city curse their parents?
(a) For trying to hold them forever.
(b) For loving them too much.
(c) For bearing them in the first place.
(d) For extending their life.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the dream on "24 April 1905," what happens when the two "times" meet?

3. Where does the man in the leather jacket work at in Berne?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe Einstein's appearance at the patent office.

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

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

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

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

10. What is the tragedy of the world described in the 10 May 1905 dream?

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