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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, how many years in the future does the young woman go?
(a) 5.
(b) 10.
(c) 15.
(d) 20.

2. How old is the young woman, in the "15 June 190" dream, when she finally stops her travel into the future?
(a) 40.
(b) 45.
(c) 50.
(d) 55.

3. What is the narrator's explanation of such a short life in the "3 June 1905" dream?
(a) That the Earth is farther out in the solar system (like Neptune).
(b) The earth spins so slowly that it takes a whole life time to complete one revolution.
(c) That a person's heart beats so slowly and powerfully that the heart wears out quickly.
(d) That the earth spins forward only halfway through a full revolution and then moves backward to the starting point.

4. According to the "22 May 1905" dream, how does time flow in the world described?
(a) In alternating phases of fast and slow.
(b) Smoothly and consistently.
(c) Unevenly and fitfully.
(d) In accelerating spurts.

5. Why does the man at the graveside ("2 June 1905" dream) not weep for his friend?
(a) His friend will be with him again given that time moves backward in this world.
(b) The man has no tears left given his friend has had a very long sickness leading up to his death.
(c) The man believes in a second life better than the first.
(d) His friend lived a very good life and he refuses to mourn him.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, in the world described in the "22 May 1905" dream, what happens to people who have had "their vision"?

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

3. How long ago, in the "17 June 1905" dream, did the lovers meet?

4. What does the woman in the "2 June 1905" dream begin teaching?

5. In the "2 June 1905" dream, how does the story of the woman end?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does the man at the graveside refuse to weep for his deceased friend?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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