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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. In the "15 June 1905 dream," where is the young woman at the end of the dream?
(a) In her husband's home.
(b) In her parent's home.
(c) In her bed.
(d) In a nursing home.

2. What does Einstein ask Besso for during the third Interlude?
(a) A coat.
(b) A sandwich.
(c) A blanket.
(d) A cracker.

3. What does the narrator want readers to "suppose" time is in the "10 June 1905" dream?
(a) A measurement.
(b) A quantity and not a quality.
(c) A sole existence.
(d) A quality and not a quantity.

4. What animal are people who heed time compared to in the 3 June 1905 dream?
(a) Cats.
(b) Bears.
(c) Elephants.
(d) Birds.

5. What can a person see from the cafe on the corner of Kramagasse and Theaterplatz?
(a) The Aare.
(b) The whole city of Berne.
(c) The Zahringer Fountain.
(d) The Bernese Alps.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is happening in the young woman's house in the "15 June 1905" dream?

2. What actions of Einstein's surprised Besso when he looked like Einstein does now?

3. How do the clouds appear, in the "17 June 1905" dream, after a gap in time?

4. What invention preceded the notice of the "speed effect"?

5. How is the world described in the "15 June 1905" dream?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the "withered woman" from the 2 June 1905 dream?

2. According to the 3 June 1905 dream, describe how a person born in December exists.

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

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

5. Why do sunset and sunrise babies become frightened when the light changes?

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

7. For the world described in the 29 May 1905 dream, why are the inhabitants constantly in motion?

8. Describe the two different views people of the 15 June 1905 world can have.

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

10. Describe the cafe that stands on the corner of Kramgasse and Theaterplatz.

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