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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. According to Besso, what does Einstein live without?
(a) Passion.
(b) Hate.
(c) Pain.
(d) Love.
2. What is wrong with the people who live in the world described in the "20 May 1905" dream?
(a) They have no hope.
(b) They have no future.
(c) They have no dreams.
(d) They have no memories.
3. How can Besso tell that Einstein is making progress on his theory?
(a) The dark circles under Einstein's eyes.
(b) The way that Einstein's eye look glassed over.
(c) The fact that Einstein has not changed clothes in three days.
(d) The erratic way Einstein's hair is jutting out in all directions.
4. What do all of the people of the world described in the "9 June 1905" dream have in common?
(a) A lifetime to complete their goals.
(b) An infinite list of relatives.
(c) A long list of misdeeds.
(d) A mastering of time.
5. Where does Besso invite Einstein to come to at the close of the second Interlude?
(a) To the Colombia Restaurant for dinner.
(b) To dinner at Besso's home.
(c) To dinner at the Basin Park Hotel.
(d) To the Ristorante Cooperativo for dinner.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is time, in the "17 June 1905" dream, described as?
2. In the third Interlude, what does Besso say that he sees in the clouds?
3. According to the narrator, in the world described in the "22 May 1905" dream, what happens to people who have had "their vision"?
4. According to the narrator, in the world described in the "22 May 1905" dream, what happens to people who have not had "their vision"?
5. According to the "22 May 1905" dream, how does time flow in the world described?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the young woman at no. 27 Viktoriastrasse doing right before she thrusts herself into the future?
2. Why does the young man in the 17 June 1905 dream leave his lover and tell her he cannot see her again?
3. Why have some inhabitants of the 29 May 1905 world become frustrated and despondent?
4. Describe the life of a peach in the world where time travels in reverse.
5. Describe what happens between the baker and the woman in the 17 June 1905 dream.
6. How did the notion of the speed effect come to be known?
7. Why does the man at the graveside refuse to weep for his deceased friend?
8. In the 22 May 1905 dream, what happens for those who have not seen a glimpse of their future yet?
9. How does the narrator describe a world without a future?
10. What is the biggest problem associated with living in the 20 May 1905 world?
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