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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 a nursing home.
(c) In her parent's home.
(d) In her bed.

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

3. What does the narrator want readers to "suppose" in the "9 June 1905" dream?
(a) That people die only after they have achieved their dreams.
(b) That time exists in a vacuum.
(c) That life exists in several dimensions at the same time.
(d) That people live forever.

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

5. According to the "5 June 1905" dream, how does this world seem?
(a) Blinding.
(b) Erratic.
(c) Common.
(d) Homogeneous.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where is Einstein looking as the second Interlude comes to a close?

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

5. Why do some people, in the world described in the "29 May 1905" dream, refuse to look out their windows?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In the 22 May 1905 dream, what happens for those who have not seen a glimpse of their future yet?

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

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

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

9. Why have some inhabitants of the 29 May 1905 world become frustrated and despondent?

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

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