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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 "11 June 1905" dream, imagining the _____________ is no more possible than seeing colors beyond _______________.
(a) Present/Blue.
(b) Future/Red.
(c) Present/Black.
(d) Future/ Violet.

2. In the "2 June 1905" dream, how does the story of the woman end?
(a) The "woman" nursing.
(b) The "woman" at her birth.
(c) The "woman" in her mother's womb.
(d) The "woman" at her graduation from gymnasium.

3. How is time described in the "17 June 1905" dream?
(a) As explosive.
(b) As flashes.
(c) As continuous.
(d) As discontinuous.

4. According to the "3 June 1905" dream, what is a life planned by?
(a) Dark.
(b) Age.
(c) Light.
(d) Time.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the middle-aged man in the "2 June 1905" dream hope to know about that no one else has ever known?

2. What happens to the woman described in the "2 June 1905" dream?

3. How do the clouds appear, in the "17 June 1905" dream, after a gap in time?

4. How can Besso tell that Einstein is making progress on his theory?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe what happens between the baker and the woman in the 17 June 1905 dream.

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

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

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

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

10. Describe the way that time is experienced in the 5 June 1905 dream.

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