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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. What does the narrator want readers to imagine in the "3 June 1905" dream?
(a) That people live only one day.
(b) That people live for only 12 hours.
(c) That people live for only 36 hours.
(d) That people live for only 2 days.

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

3. In the third Interlude, what does Besso say that he sees in the clouds?
(a) A man on a horse.
(b) A dog chasing a child.
(c) A goat chasing a man.
(d) A dog chasing a rabbit.

4. How long ago, in the "17 June 1905" dream, did the lovers meet?
(a) One month ago.
(b) One day ago.
(c) One week ago.
(d) One year ago.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is wrong with the people who live in the world described in the "20 May 1905" dream?

3. In the "11 June 1905" dream, imagining the _____________ is no more possible than seeing colors beyond _______________.

4. What is the young woman staring at in the end of the "15 June 1905" dream?"

5. In the "17 June 1905" dream, why does the young man tell his lover that he cannot see her again?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the biggest problem associated with living in the 20 May 1905 world?

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

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

6. How does the narrator describe a world without a future?

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

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

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

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

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