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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. Where is Einstein looking as the second Interlude comes to a close?
(a) Towards the Bernese Alps.
(b) Towards the town clock.
(c) Into space.
(d) Towards Aare.

2. According to the narrator, in the world described in the "22 May 1905" dream, what happens to people who have had "their vision"?
(a) Their world is fragmented.
(b) Their world is one of constant failures.
(c) Their world is one of uncompleted plans.
(d) Their world is one of guaranteed success.

3. For people in the world described in the "20 May 1905" dream, what does each one carry?
(a) A cross to ward off evil.
(b) Their own personal Book of Life.
(c) Their own record of sins.
(d) Personal cameras to record their visits.

4. What is the young woman staring at in the end of the "15 June 1905" dream?"
(a) A photo of her getting married.
(b) A photo of her daughter as a child.
(c) A photo of her with her newborn child.
(d) A photo of her as a child.

5. According to Besso, what does Einstein live without?
(a) Passion.
(b) Love.
(c) Hate.
(d) Pain.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the "29 May 1905" dream, how does the world exist?

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

3. How is the population of the cities in the "9 June 1905" dreams split?

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

5. How is time described in the "17 June 1905" dream?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has the young woman at no. 27 Viktoriastrasse missed in her life because of the sudden thrust into the future?

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

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

4. In the 22 May 1905 dream, what happens for those who have seen a glimpse of their future?

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

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

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

8. How does the narrator describe time in the 17 June 1905 dream?

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

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

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