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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 invention preceded the notice of the "speed effect"?
(a) The Wright Brothers' invention of the first engine plane.
(b) The invention of the internal combustion engine.
(c) Da Vinci's invention of the parachute.
(d) Newton's invention of the laws of universal gravitation and motion.

2. How are events triggered in the world described in the "10 June 1905" dream?
(a) By measurements.
(b) By time alone.
(c) By other events.
(d) By meeting standards.

3. When does Besso remember looking like Einstein as he is now (second Interlude)?
(a) When Besso found out he was losing his job.
(b) When Besso's son died.
(c) When Besso's father died.
(d) When Besso's wife was diagnosed with a fatal illness.

4. What have those who live in the world of the "9 June 1905" dream determined is the only way to live?
(a) To die.
(b) To ignore all others advice.
(c) To ask all others of their advice.
(d) To do as much as they can, as soon as they can.

5. What does the woman in the "2 June 1905" dream begin teaching?
(a) Anthropology.
(b) Science.
(c) Literature.
(d) History.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is time described in the "17 June 1905" dream?

2. How old is the young woman, in the "15 June 190" dream, when she finally stops her travel into the future?

3. How do the Laters walk and dress?

4. What does the narrator want readers to "suppose" time is in the "10 June 1905" dream?

5. What are gaps described as in this world's time, the "17 June 1905" dream?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In the 22 May 1905 dream, what happens for those who have seen a glimpse of their future?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Describe the life of a "Now."

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

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