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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 the dream on 3 June 1905, what is life a brief movement of?
(a) Arms and legs.
(b) A snowflake.
(c) A clock hand.
(d) Shadows.

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

3. In the "17 June 1905" dream, why is the baker yelling at a woman?
(a) She is late for work.
(b) She is his lover and they are arguing.
(c) She is not making her regular pick-ups on time.
(d) She has not paid her bill.

4. According to the narrator, in the world described in the "22 May 1905" dream, what happens to people who have had "their vision"?
(a) Their world is one of guaranteed success.
(b) Their world is one of uncompleted plans.
(c) Their world is one of constant failures.
(d) Their world is fragmented.

5. In the "15 June 1905" dream, what is the young woman staring at?
(a) A photograph of her dog.
(b) A photograph of a swing in her yard.
(c) A photograph of her boyfriend.
(d) A photograph of her as a child.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is carried into the woman's home (in the "2 June 1905" dream)?

2. According to the "5 June 1905" dream, how does this world seem?

3. How do the Laters walk and dress?

4. Who is responsible for discovering the "speed effect?"

5. Who is the author of the paper that Einstein left on Besso's desk?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to the "withered woman" from the 2 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. Describe what happens between the baker and the woman in the 17 June 1905 dream.

6. In the second Interlude, to what does Besso compare Einstein's present health?

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

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

9. Describe the life of a "Now."

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

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