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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. What animal are people who heed time compared to in the 3 June 1905 dream?
(a) Bears.
(b) Elephants.
(c) Cats.
(d) Birds.
2. According to the narrator, in the world described in the "22 May 1905" dream, what happens to people who have not had "their vision"?
(a) Their world is one of constant success.
(b) Their world is one of inactive suspense.
(c) Their world is one of inevitable failures.
(d) Their world is one of constant reminders of deeds gone wrong.
3. What invention preceded the notice of the "speed effect"?
(a) The invention of the internal combustion engine.
(b) The Wright Brothers' invention of the first engine plane.
(c) Newton's invention of the laws of universal gravitation and motion.
(d) Da Vinci's invention of the parachute.
4. What time of the day is it at the beginning of the second Interlude?
(a) Noon.
(b) Late evening.
(c) Early morning.
(d) Mid-day.
5. What is happening in the young woman's house in the "15 June 1905" dream?
(a) Her parents are fighting.
(b) Her home is on fire.
(c) Her home is being robbed.
(d) She is having an argument with her boyfriend.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the narrator want readers to "suppose" time is in the "10 June 1905" dream?
2. What does Einstein ask Besso for during the third Interlude?
3. What does the narrator want readers to imagine in the "3 June 1905" dream?
4. In the "2 June 1905" dream, how does the story of the woman end?
5. What do all of the people of the world described in the "9 June 1905" dream have in common?
Short Essay Questions
1. For the world described in the 29 May 1905 dream, why are the inhabitants constantly in motion?
2. Describe what happens between the baker and the woman in the 17 June 1905 dream.
3. How does the narrator describe time in the 17 June 1905 dream?
4. In the 22 May 1905 dream, what happens for those who have seen a glimpse of their future?
5. What options do people have when it comes to reading their Book of Life?
6. How does the narrator describe the phenomenon of people only living one day in the 3 June 1905 dream?
7. According to the 3 June 1905 dream, describe how a person born in December exists.
8. In the second Interlude, to what does Besso compare Einstein's present health?
9. Describe the way that time is experienced in the 5 June 1905 dream.
10. What is the young woman at no. 27 Viktoriastrasse doing right before she thrusts herself into the future?
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