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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 narrator, what do parents treasure given they think they may not witness it again?
(a) Their child's first cry.
(b) Their child's first smile.
(c) Their child's first words.
(d) Their child's first laugh.

2. At what time do the people of Berne convene at Kramgasse?
(a) At two minutes to two.
(b) At seven minutes to five.
(c) At three minutes to four.
(d) At four minutes to three.

3. Where does the man in the leather jacket work at in Berne?
(a) A tavern.
(b) A bank.
(c) A pharmaceutical.
(d) A brasserie.

4. According to the narrator, what is the physical body?
(a) A mass of organisms that pull in only one direction.
(b) A thing to be ordered, not obeyed.
(c) A mass of organisms that pull in different directions at all times.
(d) A thing to be obeyed, not ordered.

5. What does the narrator want readers to consider in the "3 May 1905" dream?
(a) A world in which cause and effect balance.
(b) A world in which life and death balance.
(c) A world in which cause and effect are erratic.
(d) A world in which life and death do not balance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is wondrous about the world described in the "11 May 1905" dream?

2. If a person holds no ambitions in the world described in the "4 May 1905" dream, what happens to him?

3. According to the "8 May 1905" dream, what is the date the world will end?

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

5. Why will schools close a year before the end of the world?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why do people in the 26 April 1905 dream choose to live in the mountains?

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

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

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

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

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