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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, in the world described in the "22 May 1905" dream, what happens to people who have not had "their vision"?
(a) Their world is one of inactive suspense.
(b) Their world is one of inevitable failures.
(c) Their world is one of constant success.
(d) Their world is one of constant reminders of deeds gone wrong.

2. In the "15 June 1905" dream, what is the young woman staring at?
(a) A photograph of a swing in her yard.
(b) A photograph of her boyfriend.
(c) A photograph of her dog.
(d) A photograph of her as a child.

3. Who is the author of the paper that Einstein left on Besso's desk?
(a) Maxwell.
(b) Zeeman.
(c) Kaiser.
(d) Lorentz.

4. According to the dream on 3 June 1905, what is life a brief movement of?
(a) Shadows.
(b) A clock hand.
(c) A snowflake.
(d) Arms and legs.

5. What are gaps described as in this world's time, the "17 June 1905" dream?
(a) Imperceptible.
(b) So noticeable that people are confused.
(c) Somewhat noticeable that people make small readjustments and continue.
(d) So overly noticeable that some people go insane.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal are people who heed time compared to in the 3 June 1905 dream?

2. In the "15 June 1905" dream, how many years in the future does the young woman go?

3. What happens to the people in the world, described in the "10 June 1905" dream, who attempt to quantify time?

4. What is the paper on that Einstein set on Besso's desk (as told in the second Interlude)?

5. How old is the young woman, in the "15 June 190" dream, when she finally stops her travel into the future?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the young man in the 17 June 1905 dream leave his lover and tell her he cannot see her again?

2. In the second Interlude, to what does Besso compare Einstein's present health?

3. What is the young woman at no. 27 Viktoriastrasse doing right before she thrusts herself into the future?

4. Describe what happens between the baker and the woman in the 17 June 1905 dream.

5. Describe the life of a peach in the world where time travels in reverse.

6. Describe the life of a "Now."

7. How did the notion of the speed effect come to be known?

8. What options do people have when it comes to reading their Book of Life?

9. How does the narrator describe the phenomenon of people only living one day in the 3 June 1905 dream?

10. Why does the man at the graveside refuse to weep for his deceased friend?

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