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

2. Where does Besso invite Einstein to come to at the close of the second Interlude?
(a) To the Ristorante Cooperativo for dinner.
(b) To dinner at the Basin Park Hotel.
(c) To dinner at Besso's home.
(d) To the Colombia Restaurant for dinner.

3. What is wrong with the people who live in the world described in the "20 May 1905" dream?
(a) They have no memories.
(b) They have no dreams.
(c) They have no future.
(d) They have no hope.

4. Who is carried into the woman's home (in the "2 June 1905" dream)?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Her father.

5. What invention preceded the notice of the "speed effect"?
(a) The Wright Brothers' invention of the first engine plane.
(b) Da Vinci's invention of the parachute.
(c) Newton's invention of the laws of universal gravitation and motion.
(d) The invention of the internal combustion engine.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Besso remember looking like Einstein as he is now (second Interlude)?

2. In the second Interlude, what is the first dialogue between Besso and Einstein that the reader comes across?

3. According to the "3 June 1905" dream, what is a life planned by?

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

5. In the third Interlude, where are Einstein and Besso?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Describe the life of a "Now."

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

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

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

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